Apathy Curve: ¡Explosión!

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

¡Explosión!

Exploding hammer festival leaves 43 injured in Mexico

The event, which takes place every February, involves people attaching a mix of sulpher and chlorate to the ends of sledge hammers. Then they smash the hammers against rail beams, making the substance explode and send up massive clouds of smoke.

Why?

According to legend, the town’s namesake San Juan de la Vega was victim of a theft from bandits who took his gold... St John the Baptist helped get it back and became a Mexican ‘Robin Hood’.

What, you may ask, does this have to do with exploding hammers? Well... I've no fucking idea. They're drunken Mexican peasants. Don't overthink it.

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