Pretensions really wanted to go to this but all the tickets were sold out 3 weeks ago sadly.

The Singapore Fireworks Festival began life in 2004 as an extended part of the National Day Celebrations (Nat'l Day is on the 9th of August). Teams are invited from all over the world to prepare synchronised music and fireworks performances. Up 'til 2006, country teams used to include Singapore, but last year and this year, Singapore has been conspiciously absent (which is really strange when you think about it). Anyway, the performances are always very pretty and are preceded by a fair and some fiery poi demonstrations.

This year's 2 teams are France and South Korea, with the French display being last night and the Korean one scheduled for tonight. P managed to find some videos of the French display on Youtube and thought she would share them.

P couldn't find a video for this year's fiery Poi demonstration (called Bornfire), so here's a clip from 2007. How those guys manage this without setting themselves or the stage on fire is beyond P!