Festival of the Exploding Hammers
Festival of the Exploding Hammers
20.6167°N, 100.8333°W9 FEB 2027
On Shrove Tuesday, the Mexican town of San Juan de la Vega re-enacts the legend of a 17th-century local Robin Hood figure by hurling firecracker-rigged hammers at each other — one of the world's more dangerous folk festivals.
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