Beehive Fireworks Festival: Taiwan’s Most Dangerous Event

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Taiwan has some truly unique holidays and festivals. Some are more dramatic, like Boat Burning Festival, while others are a bit more delicate, like the Calla Lily Festival. But perhaps none are as strange—or as dangerous—as the Beehive Fireworks Festival.

Every year, visitors flock to Yanshui District, outside of Tainan, Taiwan, to take part in an evening of fireworks. But these are no fireworks that you watch explode in the sky from the comfort o...