The most widely accepted story traces the Ramadan cannon back to 15th-century Egypt during the reign of Sultan Khosh Qadam.

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The spectacle dates back to the 1800s - when Greece was ruled by the Ottoman empire - but now rockets are used instead of cannons. Parts of the local area are boarded up with metal barriers ...