Fireworks are a festive, explosive aspect of celebrations and holidays worldwide. In the United States, fireworks are essential to the 4th of July and New Year’s Eve, but here in Barcelona, you can see them light up the sky year-round, on holidays, or on any given day.
![Families lighting fireworks on the sidewalks.](https://thecictravels.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3520-1024x977.jpg)
In the United States, some games kids may play for fun are tag, hide-and-seek, or perhaps cops and robbers, but in Barcelona, kids are popping fireworks. Locals can light fireworks outside residential buildings, sidewalks, public parks, beaches, and malls. We’ve witnessed children at the mall throwing firecrackers onto the highway just for giggles. It has been an enjoyable and unique experience for us as Americans because we are used to fireworks being heavily regulated, especially in urban areas similar to Barcelona.
![Big, booming firework!](https://thecictravels.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3708-871x1024.jpg)
![Pre-lit firework on the beach.](https://thecictravels.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3649-725x1024.jpg)
![Firework lighting up the night sky.](https://thecictravels.cic.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3729-1024x1012.jpg)
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Dance Culture of Spain
Abby Gavaletz (Broadcast Journlaism), Brianna Hughey (Public Relations), Ariyon Philpot (Visual Communications), and Cameron Strickland (Advertising)