On the Greek island of Chios, rival churches in Vrontados fire tens of thousands of homemade rockets at each other on Easter Saturday night. The goal is to hit the opposing church's bell tower. The tradition, called Rouketopolemos, dates to the Ottoman era when real cannons were confiscated.

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