Like incandescent stones shooting out of a volcano, the inhabitants of Nejapa, a village 20 km north of San Salvador, gather every year to throw fireballs at each other in a centuries-old ritual that defies danger.
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Video. Salvadorans participate in centuries-old battle of the fireballs
Like incandescent stones shooting out of a volcano, the inhabitants of Nejapa, a village 20 km north of San Salvador, gather every year to throw fireballs at each other in a centuries-old ritual that defies danger.