Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?

[John Dunn]

To judge by the http://hlop.ru/ web-site хлопушки [khlopushki] are party-poppers, rather than Christmas crackers.  The same web-site has a reference to something called римская свеча [rimskaja svecha].

John Dunn.


-----Original Message-----
From: Emily Saunders <emilka at MAC.COM>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:35:32 -0800
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?

I believe that khlopushki are Christmas crackers and bengal'skie ogni  
are sparklers.  Fireworks on a large scale civic level are fejerverki  
фейерверки or salyut салют.  I've forgotten what you call the roman  
candle like things that people shoot off their balconies on New Year's.

Emily Saunders

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