Unbelievable scenes in Devon this evening as young children carry their flaming tar barrels | Devon Live
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Unbelievable scenes in Devon this evening as young children carry their flaming tar barrels | Devon Live
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The Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels are TONIGHT and there is truly nothing like this anywhere but Devon 🔥 This Bonfire Night tradition started hundreds of years ago, and despite the odds (and best efforts of rising insurance costs!) the locals of Ottert St Mary continue to uphold this phenomenal custom each year. It’s insane but you just have to experience it! If you’re planning to go, this is the advice from the organisers: 🔥🔥 Top Tips for coming to Tar Barrels 🔥🔥 💷 Bring plenty of Cash 💷 Car
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The Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels are TONIGHT and there is truly nothing like this anywhere but Devon 🔥 This Bonfire Night tradition started hundreds of years ago, and despite the odds (and best efforts of rising insurance costs!) the locals of Ottert St Mary continue to uphold this phenomenal custom each year. It’s insane but you just have to experience it! If you’re planning to go, this is the advice from the organisers: 🔥🔥 Top Tips for coming to Tar Barrels 🔥🔥 💷 Bring plenty of Cash 💷 Car
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Watch The Flaming Tar Barrels of Ottery St Mary - BFI Player
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Ottery St. Mary celebrates traditional Tar Barrel bonfire night: Residents of the town carry flaming barrels through the streets Samiksha Srivastava tells you more | WION
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Ottery St. Mary celebrates traditional Tar Barrel bonfire night: Residents of the town carry flaming barrels through the streets Samiksha Srivastava tells you more | WION
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Thousands packed the narrow streets of the English town of Ottery St. Mary to witness the tradition of tar barrel rolling. Louise Snow is a barreler who carried flaming barrels of tar through crowds as part of a centuries-old custom handed down through generations | Reuters
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Thousands packed the narrow streets of the English town of Ottery St. Mary to witness the tradition of tar barrel rolling. Louise Snow is a barreler who carried flaming barrels of tar through crowds as part of a centuries-old custom handed down through generations | Reuters
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🔥 TAR BARRELS 2025 – LONDON INN (MEN) 🔥 Men carry a flaming tar barrel through The Square in Ottery St Mary, surrounded and roared on by thousands of spectactors. This is a small snippet of what happens at Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels on 5 November every year. Barrels soaked in tar are set alight and carried through the streets by Ottery residents, in a tradition dating back hundreds of years. A total of 27 barrels are carried – 11 by children and 16 by adults. Children carry small ones called f
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🔥 TAR BARRELS 2025 – LONDON INN (MEN) 🔥 Men carry a flaming tar barrel through The Square in Ottery St Mary, surrounded and roared on by thousands of spectactors. This is a small snippet of what happens at Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels on 5 November every year. Barrels soaked in tar are set alight and carried through the streets by Ottery residents, in a tradition dating back hundreds of years. A total of 27 barrels are carried – 11 by children and 16 by adults. Children carry small ones called f
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Legendary Ottery Tar Barrels is roaring back
Legendary Ottery Tar Barrels is roaring back
Nov 5, 2019
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Ottery Tar Barrels 2025 🔥 Up close and personal, burnt jumpers and another fantastic evening capturing the traditions in Ottery St Mary, 5th November 2025. . . #otterystmary #tradition #tarbarrels #fire | Kyle Baker Photography & Videography
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🔥 TAR BARRELS – THE HAVOC BEGINS 🔥 This is what happens when you find yourself in the line of fire at Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels. Man were carrying the London Inn Barrel through The Square, surrounded and roared on by hundreds, maybe thousands, of spectators. As the flaming barrel came towards me, I was caught in a melee as fellow spectators took evasive action. The tradition dates back hundreds of years and is held annually on 5 November. A total of 27 barrels are carried through the streets
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🔥 TAR BARRELS 2025 – HALF MOON (VETS INVITE) 🔥 "Fire her up," says the next carrier. His request is granted. Fuel is thrown in, the flames burst back to life and the Half Moon Barrel continues its journey up and down Paternoster Row. This is a short snippet of the vets invite session at Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels on Wednesday night. In a tradition dating back hundreds of years, barrels soaked in tar are set alight and carried through the streets by Ottery residents, surrounded and roared on by
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🔥 TAR BARRELS 2025 – MASONS ARMS (CHILDREN) 🔥 Children as young as seven carry a flaming tar barrel through the streets of Ottery St Mary. The video shows youngsters kicking off Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels by carrying the Masons Arms Barrel through Sandhill Street at 4pm on Wednesday. Barrels soaked in tar are set alight and carried on their shoulders by Ottery residents, surrounded and roared on by thousands of spectactors. The tradition dates back hundreds of years and is held on 5 November,
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Mysterious history behind the Ottery tar barrels
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All the action in pictures and video from a packed Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels
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There’s nothing like carrying a flaming barrel of tar on your back to get into the Halloween spirit. 🎃 In the town of Ottery St. Mary, this fiery barrel run has been a community tradition for generations. Long ago, they simply rolled the barrels through the streets before someone decided carrying them might be more exciting. “How We Celebrate Halloween” explores how ancient rituals like this evolved into the holiday we know today. Now streaming on our YouTube channel. 👻 #otterystmary #otteryst
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lucien on Instagram: "Ottery St Mary’s Tar Barrels and Broader European Folk Customs #moodboard #folklore #folkcustoms #europeanculture #europeanfolklore #folk #guyfawkes #autumn #winterfolklore"
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