In my last article, The Number One Adventure In Greece You Should Have, I presented you one of the most famous traditions we have in Chios Island during the Easter.
This special tradition is called “ The Rocket War” and it is taken place on Holy Saturday.
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This year, I visited the Rocket War for the first time in my life. As I have promised you in my previous article, I prepared a whole new video to show you how it looks like.
As you may notice, this is the first video I upload in my blog so it won’t be perfect. But for this result, I would definitely like to thank my friends Adrienne and Annie.
Adrienne helped me understand better how videos work through her online Home Business Basic Training. On the other hand, Annie gave me some great ideas with the video she prepared for Adrienne’s blog (5 Easy Editing Techniques To Make Your YouTube Videos Less Boring).
So thanks both of you!
An introduction to one of the most strange and famous adventures in Greece you may have
Just to prepare you a little bit before watching that video…
The Rocket War is a war between two main churches of Chios Island. The churches are located in the city of Vrontados, a couple of kilometers away from the main city of Chios, Chora.
Each church is represented by a group of people. People build the rockets during the whole year in order to get prepared for the war that is going to take place on Holy Saturday. As you can imagine, the fans of the rocket war build thousands of rockets manually.
The event starts at around 10 o’clock on Holy Saturday and finishes early in the morning. The peak of the event is at midnight.
Let’s enjoy the video now…
So what do you think about that?
Did you enjoy the video? Does the event impress you?
Actually this year there was a huge amount of rockets (around 140.000)!
And what about my first video?
I put the “behind the scene” part because I thought it would be funny to share with you that.
Luv it ! This video is great
and the rocket war is definately impressive !
Thanks for sharing ! and the video is really good…push it up
Fabien
Wow ! That’s impressive indeed !!! Thanks for the video.
By the way, I’m really jealous of the nice weather that you’re enjoying. It’s grey and rainy in Paris
Hi Fabien!
How are you?
I am glad to see you enjoyed
I thank you for the video!
Have a great week.
Lenia
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Hi Gilles,
I am happy to see you here. Thank you for your kind comment. This year I went to the rocket war for the first time in my life and I agree with you that it was an impressive spectacle
I am sorry for the bad weather in Paris. That was exactly one of the things that I have never managed to get adapted to while living in Paris.
Here in Greece the summer is coming. These days it is sunny and I went at the beatch to swim. The water was quit cold (or Frais as we usually say in French) but I loved it.
I hope you will soon get some sun
Have a great week!
Lenia
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Hi there! It’s nice to see some posted videos like this. It’s truly awesome! How I wish I could experience that too!
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Hi Karyn,
Thank you for your comment.
Glad to see you enjoyed that video. I think you can definitely experience that if you visit Chios during Easter!
I hope to see you around.
Lenia
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Hi Lenia,
I loved your video! The fireworks were amazing. It must be quite a sight to see all of this when it is happening.
The “behind the scenes” part was funny! It reminded me of those American comedy shows, where they leave in scenes at the end, and show when the actors and actresses started to laugh or made some mistakes!
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Hi Hiten,
Thank you so much for your comment. I was quite stressed for that video because it was my first one and off course I should focus on many things: grammar errors, accent…I am sure there are some but that is quite normal. English is not my mother tongue and I have never lived in an English speaking country!
The rocket war was an amazing experience. It is like a war but fortunately it has a different meaning and goal than a real war!
As far as the behind the scene, every time I watch the video, I find it really funny
Thank you Hiten.
I wish you a great WE!
Lenia
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Hi Lenia
Congratulations on making your first video, it was very, very good! It is also a great advert for anyone who would like to visit Greece, you should make more!!!!
I loved the behind the scenes at the end…..
Have a great day
Pauline
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Hi Pauline,
Many thanks to you. I am happy you loved the video! Yes, I agree it is a good idea to promote adventures in Greece. It is on my plans to do more.
Thank you for your kind comment.
I wish you a great sunny afternoon
Lenia
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I’m so PROUD of you Lenia and you did a fabulous job! OMG, the scenery there is magnificent. Wow girl, I loved it.
Okay so here’s the question. What were they shooting at? The churches? They could burn them down, I was afraid something was going to catch fire. But that was really cool to watch all those rockets being shot off. I bet it was even cooler in person.
I’m so happy you shot this video and I sure hope we’ll see more. You did such a great job. I just loved it…
~Adrienne
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Hi Adrienne!
Well you are a part of the success because I had a good “Get started” training. Then I saw the video-post of Annie in your site and I got such great ideas about how to do the video!
So big thank to you too
Let’s answer to your question: There are two main groups / enemies in this rocket war. Each group represents its church and the target of each group is the church of the other group. More precisely the target is the bell!
The churches and the building of the whole neighborhood are protected in order to avoid the fire! Unfortunately sometimes there are trees that catch fire. This year there was no problem because the morning of the event it was raining.
Adrienne, thank you for your kind comment and your support! I am happy because I met you and you always help me learn many things and you give me good advice
have a great day!
Lenia
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Hi Lenia, I found you via Pauline Bennet who included you in her blogging round up last week
Congratulations on a great video, I really think that you’ve taken your lessons well and have created a really good video from it.
I also follow Adrienne and saw Annie’s video there, which also gave me some great ideas that i have used for my latest video as well. I’ll leave the link in the commentluv
With all those rockets being fired at each side are there many injuries?
I was passing through Pamplona years ago on a charity wheelchair push and we were there for the Bull run and festival that followed, where they have fireworks stuck to a wooden bull that is pushed around. Great fun but somewhat dangerous
Anyway Lenia, great video and well edited. Keep them coming
Barry
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Hi Barry!
That is great
I am happy because the way you found me proves that the networking through bloggers really works!
Welcome to my blog and thank you for your comment. Yes, that video Annie prepared for Adrienne definitely gave me great ideas.
Barry, fortunately there were no injuries. People stay inside the churches during the whole ceremony. So it is not so risky. In any case, the whole building is covered by protections and all the buildings of its neighborhood as well.
I agree with you that when we visit events like that it is better to be careful in order to avoid getting hurt. During the rocket war I was just behind a tree with my friends to avoid any rocket coming to my direction
I will visit your blog too and I will check out your video soon
Thank you again for this kind comment. I appreciate that and I am glad to connect with you!
Lenia
Wow, this fantastic video!! I really liked the scenery in Greece and would like their culture there. I really want to go there later this year. Thank you for share the video
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Hi Ganet,
Thank you for your kind comment. I am glad you liked the video. What would you like to visit in Greece? I hope you will come and enjoy your stay this year!
Yeah,, i hope so… Greece is very wonderful place
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