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Fireworks have been around for as long as we can remember and date back to 200BC. Chinese people discovered that by putting green bamboo stalks over fi re, the wood expanded and created a bang and sparks. This wood dried to create a fl aky powder, hence, fi reworks were born. These scared off enemies and the Chinese thought they also warded off evil spirits.


They made


war weaponry by fi lling the stalks with the gunpowder, and shot these as arrows.


Marco Polo is credited with introducing fi reworks to Europe but it is thought throughout the Middle East they were used even earlier, as Arabs used gunpowder obtained through the silk trade during the Crusades.


Italian pyrotechnicians created the aerial shell, where the fi reworks are launched upwards to create a majestic array of colours. But how do we get these vibrant colours? Well, metal salts are put into ‘stars’ (small clay lumps), which when lit create the sound and visual light eff ects which delight adults and children alike.


Fireworks are used for all manner of celebrations today – and whether it’s U.S. Independence Day in America, Diwali in November, Guy Fawkes night, family and friends gather to enjoy the marvellous visual delights and sounds of an invention which began by just heating a piece of wood!


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