PROVIDENCE, R.I.—When the sun sets, the rivers of downtown Providence are set alight with fire.
Metal braziers cradle over 80 flickering bonfires just above the surface of the rivers on which the city was founded, their flames reflected golden and shimmering in the dark waters below. The comforting crackle-pop of burning firewood echoes through the air, against a backdrop of music from around the world, mellow and haunting, that seems to emanate from everywhere at once. Glowing embers swirl towards the sky, in tandem with the soaring notes.
