Hawaiian New Year
National Geographic has a good article on Hawaiian New Year’s celebrations. We lived on a hill over looking Pearl Harbor, from the folks across the street’s back yard we could see the harbor and the towns around it. On new years it looked like a war zone, fireworks were going off everywhere, it was quite a sight. Naturally even when I was a boy the ‘Make The World Totally Safe For Everyone’ crowd hated the day with endless warnings about fireworks dangers. I am surprised it is still allowed to go on to be honest. Surprised but pleased somehow.
December 31st, 2006 at 10:21 am
I visited my Dad in Germany over New Years 1982. It sounded like a thunder strorm from 11:30pm to around 1am. My Dad’s neighbors had these “bombs” (2 inch cubes, tied up with twine) that caused a bang worthy of a high powered hand gun. What I remember most was the walk we took the following morning. It had snowed a day or two earlier but that morning, the snow had suddenly sprouted hundreds of red, yellow and green bottle rocket sticks. I didn’t see a lawn or roof that didn’t have a dozen or more sticking out of it. As near as I could tell, there wasn’t any concern or reports of fire or injury.