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The Vrontados Rocket War

Every year, during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations, members of rival churches sitting across a small valley stage a traditional "rocket war" by firing thousands of homemade rockets towards each other while services are held in the Greek village of Vrontados. The objective for each side is to strike the bell of the opposing church. The festival, called Rouketopolemos, has been celebrated by the churches of Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani for at least 125 years. Below are images of this rocket war from the past few years.

Rockets are arranged before being fired during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the island of Chios on April 19, 2014. #
Petros Giannakouris/AP

Hundreds of rockets target the Agios Markos church during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the island of Chios, Greece, on April 11, 2015. #
Petros Giannakouris/AP

Rockets fly over bell tower of Ayios Marcos church during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations in the village of Vrontados on April 26, 2008. #
Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters

Firework rockets target Panagia Erithiani church during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on April 11, 2015. #
Petros Giannakouris/AP

The aftermath: The remnants of hundreds of handmade rockets lie in the courtyard of Agios Markos church at the end of the Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on April 11, 2015. #
Petros Giannakouris/AP

More:
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/the-vrontados-rocket-war/390348/

 

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GOD DAMN RIGHT!!

 

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Iranian school girls follow the debates of the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday. Vahid Salemi/AP

A Brazilian Indian builds a hut while attending the Terra Livre Camp (Free Land Camp) during a National Indigenous Mobilization at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia on Tuesday. Organizers of the mobilization aim to discuss issues of land demarcation and indigenous rights with authorities. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

A Sudanese woman casts her ballot at a polling station, on the first day of Sudan's presidential and legislative elections, in Izba, an impoverished neighborhood on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Monday. Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP

 

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A Ukrainian serviceman rides a bicycle in Shyrokyne, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday. Russia and Ukraine agreed to call for the pullback of smaller-caliber weapons from the front lines of the conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

 

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Back when there was a radical left.

 

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A British soldiers pays respects at a grave during a reburial ceremony for six World War I soldiers at Prowse Point cemetery in Ploegsteert, Belgium on Thursday. Six British unknown soldiers were buried Thursday more than 100 years after they fell in 1914. Two were identified as from the Lancashire Fusiliers and two from the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Virginia Mayo/AP

Brazilian Indians from several indigenous ethnic group sit on deputies' seats at the Chamber of Deputies during a solemn session on the National Indigenous Day in Brasilia on Thursday. Brazilian Indians from several ethnic groups are gathering in Brasilia to attend the National Indigenous Mobilization which aims to discuss issues of land demarcation and indigenous rights with the authorities. The National Indigenous Day is celebrated on April 19. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

 

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For the Canuckians