Am 5. Mai feierten die orthodoxen Christ:innen den Ostersonntag. Rouketopolemos, der „Raketenkrieg“, auf der Insel Chios ist eine Tradition, bei dem in der Nacht zum orthodoxen Ostersonntag zwei rivalisierende Kirchengemeinden ihre Kirchengebäude gegenseitig mit Feuerwerksraketen beschießen. 🎇 | DER STANDARD

Rocketwar "Rouketopolemos" (Vrontados, Chios Island, Greece 20.04.2014.) | ULTRASSHOP.COM

Rouketopolemos "ROCKET WAR" is a Greek tradition held annually during Orthodox Easter in the town of Vrontados on the island of Chios. While most places celebrate with fireworks during church services at midnight before Easter Sunday, Vrontados takes it to another level. Two rival church congregations engage in a "rocket war," launching tens of thousands of homemade rockets at each other's bell towers. These rockets, crafted from wooden sticks and packed with gunpowder are fired from specially d