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Daredevils hurl flaming FIREBALLS at each other in El Salvador

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Dozens of youths from Nejapa in El Salvador gathered for the annual 'Bolgas de Fuego' (Fireballs) Festival. Two teams hurled fireballs made from petrol soaked rags at one another in an annual tradition that remembers a huge volcanic eruption that occurred locally in 1922.

Added on the 03/09/2018 17:59:50 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN

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