Every year in Guanajuato, Mexico, locals celebrate one of the world’s most extreme traditions — the Exploding Hammer Festival. With hammers packed with homemade explosives, this chaotic yet symbolic ...

The small Mexican town of San Juan de la Vega celebrates its bizarre annual festival of exploding sledgehammers. Festival participants attach a mixture of Sulphur and chlorate to the end of sledge ...

Dozens of people have been injured in the annual ‘exploding hammer’ festival in Mexico. The event, which takes place every February, involves people attaching a mix of sulpher and chlorate to the ends ...