People celebrating the Diwali festival in India throw firecrackers in the air and at each other as part of a 100-year-old unique ritual.

The popular fight is locally known as "Ingoriya ni Ladai" and translated into English as "war using ingoriya", a local fruit that grows in abundance in the region. Gunpowder is stuffed in these little fruits that are then used as crackers. Locals say these traditional firecrackers do not explode but only generate huge flames when fired.

The ritual, which takes place at night, is a proper war of firecrackers between the villagers of Savar and Kundla. The river Navli separates the inhabitants. The group that has run out of all its firecrackers loses.

Ingoriya ni Ladai was suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The footage was filmed in Amreli , Gujrat, India.

Location - Amreli , Gujrat
Date - 24/10/2022

India is a country of different festival and many old and unique rituals are also associated with it which are still followed in different parts of India .
In one such unique ritual which is more than 100 years old , which is performed during Diwali festival .
Diwali with 'Ingoriya' firecrackers ritual . In this a group of people could be seen hurling 'ingoriya' crackers that looked like long stripes of firecracker at each other.
groups of villagers hurl bombs at each other. The fight is locally known as ‘Ingoriya ni Ladai’ (War using ingoriya). Ingoriya is a local fruit that grows in abundance in the region. Gun powder is stuffed in these little fruits, which are then used as crackers ready to be hurled. The fight is actually between villagers of Savar and Kundla, which are separated by a small river Navli. Locals say that these traditional firecrackers do not explode but only generate huge flames when fired.
The war goes on throughout the night and the group that has exhausted all its gun powder supply is declared the loser. Due to COVID restrictions it didn't happened from last two years , but this year it happened.
All type of security measured are been taken by authority during this festival . In many states this ingoriya festival is banned .