Mercun/Fireworks

For most people out there, fireworks is a thing that the government or official people do. It was the same for me as I went on with my average life but when I went to my country, Malaysia it all changed. For Sharjah, I had a 3 month break, summer break plus ramadan. So for the 3 months i went straight to Malaysia. It was a really good time to go because I could see the Merdeka/Independence celebration in August, fast for the month of Ramadan, and celebrate Eid-Al Fitr/ Hari raya. After a month of staying at Malaysia Merdeka came and I went to one of my cousins house. He had a bunch of FireCrackers and FireWorks with him. First i was like "wow," but later on i found out it was common. Then at my grandmothers house, she had a lot more fireworks for the grandchildren to play with a Merdeka night. Eventually I stumbled upon stores and bought many, in fact i was addicted to playing with them. Firecrackers are extremely hard to find because they are dangerous and the government banned them due to lots of accidents and even deaths. So yes it is illegal! Still every one in the village had boxes of them. At night kids usually compete by seeing who can make the best firework display. To find the fireworks you have to got to village stalls and some peoples houses to get them. To play with Mercun, you need a lighter. I played with these types of mercun: Dragon eggs, Matches, German Thunder, Rocket, Thunderclap, ThunderKing, Roman Candle, Race wheel, Dynamite, Happy Boom, Fireworks, Fire Flower.

Dragon eggs send sparks but stay on the ground, not so loud.

Matches, once lit you throw them and they'll be silent but in 30 seconds KABOOM! Yup its loud.

Dynamite, Throw it quick cause in 3 seconds BOOM, Faster ignition but less louder then matches.

German Thunder is related to matches and dynamite but it makes 1-2-3 KABOOMS, so basically three BOOMs.

Rockets must be in a bottle or planted lightly on the ground, light them and run, in 10 seconds EKKKKKKK....BOOM! They'll go airborne and Pop loud, must be played on field

Thunderclap and ThunderKing are brothers both related to rockets, light them and run, thunderclab will ShSHHHEKKKKKK..SPARK3..BOOM Thunderking is like fireworks just not that bright
it will shhhhhSHHHHEKKKKKKKK....Clap Spark LIGHTS..BOOM

Roman Candle is interesting, you can hold it then light it and it will start throwing fireballs in the air, THUMP..BOOM multiple times.

Race wheel is really nice, you light it on concrete or stone any hard surface. Throw it and it will move like a wheel but with fire lights.

Happy Boom is a very cool thing to play with, as you light it throw it on the ground it will leak out colorful flames and changes color.

Fireworks are the ultimate mercun. For 25 ringgit about 8 Dollars you get a Packet which you place on the ground and light up, run and watch your own firework show, just like the ones you see at parks or when a celebration occurs. Its really loud and bright sparkly, sparky, and everything the average firework show has, it lasts 20 shots.

Fire flower is a kid thing where someone lights up a stick and it sparks with light/flares up.

Also there is the poppers which everyday people play with, where you throw it and POP!