Bolas de Fuego (Fireball Festival)
13.7167°N, 89.2500°W
Residents of Nejapa, El Salvador don skull masks and hurl flaming rag balls at each other in the streets, commemorating a 1658 volcanic eruption and the town's patron saint — a century-old tradition with no shortage of scorched eyebrows.
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- Bolas de Fuego (Fireball Festival)31 Aug 2027
Residents of Nejapa, El Salvador don skull masks and hurl flaming rag balls at each other in the streets, commemorating a 1658 volcanic eruption and the town's patron saint — a century-old tradition with no shortage of scorched eyebrows.
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