Participants take cover during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. Located in Yanshui District, it’s ranked as the fifth most dangerous festival in the world as participants are geared up with motorcycle helmets, fire-retardant clothing and thick gloves, with hundreds of thousands of firecrackers going off at the same time. According to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, the “beehive” festival started in the late 1885 as a request to the gods to spare Yanshui from a cholera outbreak which was making its way through the villages. Future generations followed this tradition as this year 40 Beehive firecrackers are placed around the city, each firing 600,000 shots, as the Taiwanese believe the “baptism of fireworks” gets rid of calamity and troubles while bringing good fortune in the new year. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participants wearing motorcycle helmet are sprayed with firecrackers during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district, in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A participant lights firecrackers during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participants wear motorcycle helmets as they attend the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participants wearing motorcycle helmets get sprayed with firecrackers, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participators wearing motorcycle helmets get sprayed with firecrackers, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A participant wearing a motorcycle helmet gets sprayed with firecrackers, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A worshipper put firecrackers on palanquin which would be carrying statues of Guan Gong, the Chinese God of War, during “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participators wearing motorcycle helmets get sprayed with firecrackers, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Fireworks light up the sky during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Worshippers carry statues of Guan Gong, the Chinese God of War, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participants take cover during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A child takes cover inside a cardboard box, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A participator wearing a motorcycle helmet gets sprayed by firecrackers, during “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Worshippers carry statues of Guan Gong, the Chinese God of War during “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Fireworks light up the sky during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Participants wearing motorcycle helmets get sprayed with firecrackers, during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)