Probably you know that in China (not only China but for the entire World), Liuyang is the Fireworks factories capital.
Maybe you didn't know, but Brazil is the second largest Fireworks producer in the World and there is also a fireworks capital called Santo Antonio do Monte. The town, located in the center of Minas Gerais state is the Brazil's and Latin America biggest fireworks producer, with an average of about 50 factories, making something like 30.000 tons of products every year.
The history of fireworks production in Santo Antonio do Monte started in 1859 with Joaquim Silva and Luiz Mezencio Silva, two brothers that made gunpowder and fireworks at home. Only near 100 years later (1945) the first legal factory started operating, by the name of "Fogos Record".
Nowadays, "Fogos Caruaru" is one of the main companies in the city. Most of the fireworks I buy come from them.
In the picture below, you can see a consumer firework - a whistle rocket with a bang from "Fogos Caruaru" factory of Santo Antonio do Monte.
Take a look at this video to have an idea of a Brazilian Firewoks factory:
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