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[[File:Beautiful large flower cracker creating brilliant light and sparkles at night.jpg|thumb|Large tubri creating brilliant light and sparkles at night]]<br />
[[File:Tubris on sale - Kolkata 2016-10-29 114408.jpg|thumb|Tubris on sale at the Behala Blind School grounds.]]<br />
'''Tubri''' is a firework<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebangladictionary.org/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF/|title=তুবড়ি|work=Bangla Dictionary|language=Bengali|publisher=Evergreen Bangla|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> used during [[Diwali]] in [[India]]. A tubri is made from a spherical hollow [[terracotta]] shell with a flat base and a hole at the top. The inside of it is stuffed with layers of [[gunpowder]] (Generally combination of [[Potassium nitrate]], [[Charcoal]], [[Sulfur]] and [[Iron]] particles) with some earth at the bottom. The tubri is made to sit on the ground on its base with the hole at the top. A spark is provided at the top which lights it up producing colourful sparkles rising up to great heights.<ref name="statesman01112013">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/news/22722-600-year-old-dakat-kali-temple-still-a-crowd-puller.html?page=3|title=600-year-old Dakat Kali temple still a crowd puller ?|last=Jacob|first=Hemant|date=1 November 2013|work=The Statesman|accessdate=25 October 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> In West Bengal, tubri competitions are held during the Kali Puja.<ref name="tt08112002">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1021108/asp/calcutta/story_1364106.asp|title=Space crunch, ban take sparkle off tubri tale|last=Banerjee|first=Sudeshna|date=8 November 2002|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=25 October 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Types of fireworks]]<br />
[[Category:Diwali]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Kolkata]]</div>->Pinakpani