Britain's Most Dangerous Tradition - Tar Barrels Ottery St Mary

Every year the residents in Ottery St Mary take part in what is known as Tar Barrel Rolling. Only those born and raised in the town can carry the flaming barrels and start doing so from a young age. Tom and Rob took a trip to watch this mad event and here is the result.

DISCLAIMER: The Tar Barrel event in reality is not actually very dangerous, there are very little injuries, the safety team do a great job and it is very well organised. However, from an outside perspective it seems like it would be extremely dangerous and there are not many carnivals I can find that have the same amount of craziness.


We talk more in-depth about the event on the next episode of the Curios Cast):    • Visiting the Flaming Tar Barrels of Ottery...  


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00:00 Intro - The Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary
02:00 The Rock Cannons
02:24 The first Children's Tar Barrel
04:20 The Ottery St Mary Carnival
04:52 The Second Children's Tar Barrel
06:07 Lighting a Big Bonfire
06:38 The First Women's Tar Barrel
07:17 The First Men's Tar Barrel
09:01 Talking to Connor, A Great Barrel Roller
10:26 The Midnight Tar Barrel


Big thank you to all those that helped us film this video. Thank you to Andy, Ashley, Sarah and Connor. Thank you to all the organisers, the committee, the safety team and emergency services, and of course thank you to the residents of Ottery St Mary.

For more information visit the official website: https://www.tarbarrels.co.uk/

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