ABSTRACT
"Noising" appears as an interesting term to express the way people intentionally use sounds as actions, to diffuse something other than exclusively sound, in a large space. Popular practices of fireworks exemplify social, ritual and emotional ways of being noisy in the streets, of making the streets noisy and of noising the city. Oral testimonies easily associate firecracker noise to noise pollution, delinquency, incivility and social, economic and cultural instability. Rich families often have a trusted family pyrotechnist, in the same way some have a family doctor, who knows the family circle, knows the family's preferences and provides safe fireworks. Fireworks are also used during public religious processions in the streets as a mark of joyous collective celebration. "Malavita fireworks" resound as an echo of gang gun-shots that sometimes resonate in district streets. The chapter describes the different dimensions of making noise with fireworks, namely ritual dimension, social dimension and emotional dimension.
