12 biggest and best fireworks displays around the world, are amazing sights to behold, if you are into fireworks that is. Because fireworks naturally go with celebrations of holidays you might be interested in our list of the most celebrated holidays in the world.
Fireworks were invented by Chinese, and were used during religious rituals, with belief that they could scare off evil spirits. It seems that today fireworks work much better against humans. Smoke and dust that contain heavy metals are obviously “great” for humans; and what do you think are leftovers from fireworks if not just that? Barium is poisonous and radioactive, but is great for vivid green colors in fireworks. Want some cancer? Whoops, I mean fireworks. Copper based colors are used for blue fireworks, and they release dioxins, which cause – you guessed it – cancer. Pretty much any color of fireworks has got some of the “healthy” components, including strontium, lithium, aluminum, rubidium and so on. Fireworks are a threat to health, and are especially irritating to those suffering from asthma. Water supply contamination, and acid rain are additional possible “benefits” of fireworks. A study, on Oklahoma lake, showed that within 14 hours after the fireworks, perchlorate levels rose from 24 to more than thousand times the mean baseline value! It took from 20 to 80 days for those concentrations to revert to normal levels.
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Current world record for the largest firework display, was achieved at the countdown to 2016 by Church of Christ in the Philippines, the fireworks lasted for more than one hour, with 810,904 fireworks.
Some of the sources that we used for the creation of our list are TripHobo, Iexplore, and DynamicFireworks. We’ve chosen those that seem to be mentioned the most, and that made list more diverse in holidays as well as more world wide, and there is no special ranking, though if the data how much pollution each of the events causes was available, we would have used that. Obviously the more the pollution, the better the fireworks. Finally we begin with our list of the biggest and best fireworks displays around the world.
12. Bastille Day – Paris
French national holiday, celebrated on July 14th, also known as Bastille Day, offers more than just fireworks that are set off from the Eiffel Tower, there is also a military parade, public dances, and a concert.
11.Guy Fawkes Night – London
We are continuing our list of biggest and best fireworks displays around the world with the Guy Fawkes, that was one of the conspirators that wanted to blow up the House of Lords, on 5 of November 1605. The plan failed, and he was caught. The 5 of November was known as a Gunpowder Treason Day, but over the course of time it became known as Guy Fawkes Night/Day or Bonfire Night. Probably the main reason for this is the custom to burn effigies of Guy Fawkes on the bonfires.
10. New Year’s Eve – Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Fireworks from the world’s tallest building, that must be something special right?
9. New Year’s Eve – London
London managed to get two spots on our list of 12 biggest and best fireworks displays around the world, thanks to its magnificent fireworks display over the Coca-Cola London Eye.
8. Montreal International Fireworks Competition
The largest competition in the world, that lasts about a month, usually starting in July. Each of competitors delivers a firework that lasts for 30 minutes. Now that is probably a paradise city for fireworks lovers, at least while the competition lasts.
7. Thunder Over Louisville – Louisville, Kentucky
Probably the largest annual fireworks show in North America. It is usually in April, and the fireworks last 30 minutes.
6. National Day – Singapore
Singapore’s National Day, is on August 9th. A huge parade that ends with beautiful fireworks, however tickets cannot be bought for the parade, only citizens and permanent residents in Singapore can get them.
5. International Fireworks Festival – Malta
A great fireworks festival, next on our list of biggest and best fireworks displays around the world, where different fireworks companies compete to create the best shows synchronized with music. It is usually during the last week of April.
4. Australia Day – Sydney
Not even a month passes after a New Year’s Eve fireworks and it is January 26th, and time for some more fireworks, Sydney’s Darling harbor being the spot where the fantastic show is at.
3. Diwali Festival – India
We are continuing our list of biggest and best fireworks displays around the world with Diwali that is the biggest holiday in India, and is also known as the Festival of Lights. It is celebrated in October or November each year, and it lasts for five days. Fireworks are not the only thing used to celebrate the victory of good over evil during the festival, there are also glittering clay lamps, strings of electric lights, and bonfires. Because it is celebrated across India, obviously some cities have bigger and better fireworks than others – and if the pollution is a good indicator of the size of the fireworks, then Delhi must have the biggest.
2. Independence Day – Washington DC
Washington DC, on fourth of July, well nothing but amazing fireworks can be expected.
1. New Year’s Eve – Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro
About 2 million people come to the beach and promenade of Copacabana, to witness the spectacular fireworks that lasts about 15 to 20 minutes, and is one of the largest fireworks in the world. Because of financial issues the fireworks for 2017 was shortened to 12 minutes, but that was a better choice than making the fireworks smaller for the price of 4 minutes. And so we end our list of 12 biggest and best fireworks displays around the world.
