Are there scarier fireworks than this?

[Sareesh Sudhakaran]

I just wanted to share my experiences at the recent Thrissur Puram (Thrissur being my home town in Kerala, India, and 'puram' meaning 'festival'). Imagine 50 or more elephants, a 100,000 people and earth-shattering fireworks rolled into a 24 hour period. It's one of the things that make my home town unique.

An image to get you started:


Here's a video of the last two minutes of fireworks. It's scary, so don't say I didn't warn you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ESrg3Cnf4nk

I did a photo-documentation (fancy word for snap-shooting) of the entire event, and I've blogged about it. Please feel free to take a peek at my part of the world:

• Elephants arrive in the morning - http://wolfcrow.com/blog/thrissur-puram-2012-photography-with-nowhere-to-turn-part-i/
• The kodamattan (Changing of the parasols - the main event) - http://wolfcrow.com/blog/thrissur-puram-2012-photography-with-nowhere-to-turn-part-ii/
• The fireworks at 3 a.m. - What the youngsters stay awake for - http://wolfcrow.com/blog/thrissur-puram-2012-photography-with-nowhere-to-turn-part-iii/

[bill t.]

That's just like 4th of July in the US.  Except with elephants.  And really, really dangerous fireworks!  Thanks, that was pretty intense.

Nice set of very informative photos & videos.

[Justan]

….and the audio, with the aid of a reasonable sub-woofer is………..impressive!

[Sareesh Sudhakaran]

Thanks for watching. The second one was closer and even scarier. My wife got so scared she stopped recording and went into a shell.

[Sareesh Sudhakaran]

Didn't know the audio on a Nokia N8 is that good! The real one woofed the pants off me.