Pyro Spectaculars, a producer and presenter of pyrotechnic displays and shows around the world, traces its beginnings to more than 90 years ago. Manuel de Souza, known as “Papagaio,” was the pioneer of animated pyrotechnic displays set to music. In the early 1900s, Papagaio brought his fireworks business from the Azores to the San Francisco Bay area. The Souza has carried on the tradition and now Pyro Spectaculars is the largest fireworks company on the West Coast and one of the largest in the country.