Even born and raised in Portugal, now I'm living in Brazil (my second country) and here, the people are very festive and fireworks is something that is present in all kinds of celebrations. From soccer games to New Years Eve, everyday you can hear fireworks banging!
Here, in Rio de Janeiro (I believe in other brazilian states is the same), the most used consumer firework is the famous "12x1", that essentially means 12 little bangs and a bigger bang at the end.
This firework consists of a mortar filled with a lift charge and the little salutes and works pretty like a mine. Take a look at one of these in the picture below:
As you can see, there is the black powder at the bottom, a cardboard disk, then the 12 little salutes, a new cardboard disk and finally, the bigger salute.
The salutes didn't go too high as the length of the mortar is not that much, which does not help.
Usually you can buy a box containing 6 units for a price about 20 BRL (aprox. USD 5).
See a viedeo of the effect here:
For sure, if you visit Brazil some day, you will see a lot of these!
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