Fireworks have become an essential way of showing the world that you are happy and are celebrating a joyous occasion. Religious events and festivals are also associated with fireworks because they seem to go hand in hand. In the US, businesses have even started advertising about religious fireworks.
The main religious festivals that involve the use of fireworks are the Chinese New Year, Christmas and Diwali in India. Chinese New Year is perhaps the most important day in China and for Chinese people around the world. People start making preparations for the festival weeks in advance and get gifts ready and this would be the right time for pyrotechnicians to start their work and design the fireworks for the grand night. While in the western world, the New Year does not have much religious significance, the Chinese tend to associate the dawn of a new year with the mythical beast Nian which was scared away using firecrackers. They believe that houses have to be cleaned completely to clear the slightest trace of bad luck. Ever since ancient times, cheap fireworks and rockets has been part of Chinese tradition to start off a bright new year. This ritual is even accompanied by lighting lanterns in the houses.
Diwali in India is another religious festival and is known as the festival of lights. People light lamps and arrange them in rows in front of their houses on this day. The significance of this festival is that it commemorates the day on which Lord Krishna of the Hindu religion killed a demon who had been torturing the people. Fireworks are an essential entity of this festival and you will find plenty of street side vendors with fireworks for sale. With internet becoming popular, people also buy fireworks online and have them delivered home. Indoor fireworks like sparklers are very popular among children.
Christmas is yet another religious event that uses fireworks; in fact, there are special Christmas crackers that are burst on this day. Sparklers and Roman candles are some of the most commonly used firework products in these festivals. Vatican City can be considered the center of Christianity and people celebrate the election of a new pope with fireworks in the country.
Wedding fireworks have also some religious significance and you will find fireworks being used to celebrate this as well.