Lake Annecy Festival Everyone agrees to this amazing fireworks – The HuffPost

SAVOIE – They’ve been waiting for this for 2 years! The Residents of Annecy And Savoy celebrated the return of Eid Lake Annecy This Saturday August 6th with an unforgettable fireworks show, As you can see in our video at the top of the article.

On the lakeside promenade of Pâquier, the show was attended by 200,000 spectators, whose theme was more topical than ever with an episode Historic heat wave From July 2022 marked by the drying up of lakes such as That’s from Serre-Ponçon in Hautes-Alpes.

The show traces the path of the water, from the melting of the ice to the birth of the lake. The evening started with a ballet from 300 Drones Which remarkably formed hearts above the water. Then a 70-minute fireworks display concluded the festivities.

7 tons of fireworks were used

In total, seven tons of fireworks and 7,000 rockets were fired during the evening. The organizers had pledged to make a show “More environment thanks to the use of biochar, gum arabic and dextrin in the partial substitution of chemical products”, He explained in particular Andrea Scarpatothe art maker who developed the show.

Greenpeace took advantage of the event to alert viewers to the chronic air pollution in the Arve Valley (near Chamonix). The NGO projected a skull, cars and the word “stand” on Mont-Ferrier using a laser.

The Lake Festival dates back to 1860 and France annexed the Duchy of Savoy. Upon their arrival in Annecy, fireworks greeted Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie. A tradition that has been going on since every first Saturday in August.