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Rouketopolemos (Rocket War)

Rouketopolemos (Rocket War)
Dimitris Tachynakos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
38.4136°N, 26.1367°E

Two rival churches on opposite hillsides in Vrontados, Chios launch up to 80,000 homemade rockets at each other on Holy Saturday night — an Ottoman-era Easter tradition with no official referee or winner.

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  • Rouketopolemos (Rocket War)
    1 May 2027 – 2 May 2027

    Two rival churches on opposite hillsides in Vrontados, Chios launch up to 80,000 homemade rockets at each other on Holy Saturday night — an Ottoman-era Easter tradition with no official referee or winner.

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