My three BILs and my sons all compete to see who can buy the most/best. And we are quite close to the rez, so illegal is a subjective term.
I vividly recall one July 4th when I was a little boy. Lived on a cobblestone street.
My older cousin, with my father's blessing, placed a vertical 12 inch tube already attached to a 6 inch square wooden base in the middle of the street.
We had enjoyed the neighborhood show of firecrackers, pinwheels and sparklers and I anxiously awaited the fuse to be lit so that we could see how high the flare balls would shoot into the sky.
My cousin lit the fuse and started to run to safety.
The explosion LITERALLY shook the entire street to the point that the electrical wires between the telephone poles were swaying.
It. Was. Awesome.