drspock said:I think if you check you will find that the majority of the fireworks around this time are the followers of the muslin faith celebrating the end of ramadam.
At least it is around this neck of the woods, very colourful too.
I think if you check there are lots of people celebrating Diwali with fireworks (it is the festival of lights after all) aswell
http://www.underfives.co.uk/diwali.html
Not quite cottoned on to this muslin faith yet...are there strings attached?