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At the stroke of midnite, on the 1st of January 2009, just about everywhere in the world, some sort of pyros is set off to mark the coming of a new year.

Here in the Netherlands, its an occasion where neighbors go frenzy with all sorts of fireworks. Most light up mediocre ones, where other's blow-up rows and rows (and rows!) of massive fireworks. This video is a minute or two of what was going on right outside our door.

You might wanna watch this TV advert that showed weeks before the new years countdown here in Holland. Its a safety advise on how (not) to handle fireworks.

guardian.co.uk/media/video/2007/dec/24/dutchfireworks

Hope you have an explosive 2009 too!
  • Han Wijman plus 11 months ago
    Really really beautiful. One question: was this the pace in which the fireworks were let off, or did you cut the pauses?
  • Hasan Ismail 11 months ago
    Its 100% speed as you can hear from the audio sync and all in one take. Just fade in fade out transition. I thought of cut and pasting with superimpose, but why? When I got one good take.
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  • Wayne Avanson plus 11 months ago
    Nice work Rast, beautifully captured!

    Avey
  • Hasan Ismail 11 months ago
    Thanks Avey. Hope you had a good start for the new year too mate!
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  • Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
    I like your dance at the end lol
  • Hasan Ismail 11 months ago
    man... that kid was endangering me and my cam! i did a side-step double time!! (c:
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  • Emily Hayes 11 months ago
    Funny.
    This time of the year there are fire works going on all around the world.
    Fire works. We imagine it's all same.
    But not.
    Much as we all are diffrent and unique, all this fire works are diffrent and unique.
    That is amazing.
    Beauty.
    RastAsia wish us all for best 2009. That is beauty.
    Joy.
    Your sharing is our joy and that joy will come to you as double joy.
    Tromendous.
    Tromendous we are all here togethere to make tromendous life by making a friendship through out the world. Tromendously our friendship populations are glowing though out the world.
    It a beauty meeting one friend at a time.
    One friend at a time.
    RastAsia, Thank you very much for your openess to your friendship. I followed you here today to say thank you. To thank for your closeness fearless friendship that you have shown.
    It was moment of wakening for me to not to judge never, even a little things. Fire works.
    I thank you for your momet for me to come and learn something new.
    RastAsia, Have a wonderful day and I will see you again.

    Your friend emily eunjue hayes
  • Hasan Ismail 11 months ago
    Those are beautiful words Emily. And I thank you for being so open with your thoughts about the short moments that we Vimeans share here. I believe everybody here are friends. You know you're more than welcomed to be a friend. 'One friend at a time.' I like that.

    I wish you and your family the best year ever. God bless.
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  • ße ωell ;-) plus 11 months ago
    haha, glad you managed to side-step from an explosive surprise ;-)

    nice show, hope you have a safe year too :)
  • ße ωell ;-) plus 11 months ago
    Ooooo!!! I've just watched that safety ad - that's so bad its good :D
  • Hasan Ismail 11 months ago
    I couldn't help but laugh my heads off when I 1st saw that ad myself... Let's hope we both have a good 2009!
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