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Bestival, Latitude, Roskilde, Benicassim, Glastonbury and Big Chill. From iconic music festivals, to little known gatherings, there is no denying that summer means one thing: pitching a tent in a muddy field and getting to grips with your inner musician. On this page you'll find a tonne of information about music festivals across the world and how to make the most of them. You may even find one you never knew existed.

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Yenshui Fireworks Festival

Posted by danchapman 5 August 2009

The running of the bulls in Pamplona always makes the news as the craziest and most dangerous festival in the world. However, the Yenshui Firework Festival in Taiwan has to run it close. In short, fireworks are packed into lorries and then fired into the crowd who have to stand and face them until finished. The crowd simply protects themselves with hats and thick coats while being hit at point blank range for several minutes by a non-stop barrage of fireworks.

I am still a little deaf.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C9n2rbRXLE

edu.ocac.gov.tw/local/web/Eng/Content.aspx?Class=1&Para=8

Dan chapman blogs about living in Taiwan at
www.betelnut-equation.blogspot.com