All about Bonfire Night & Guy Fawkes on previous posts HERE.
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Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Thursday, 5 November 2015
BONFIRE NIGHT 2015
Guy Fawkes: Remember, remember the 5th of November
Once again it's the 5th of November and Bonfire Night is celebrated in the UK. We've talked about it here several times. Go to previous posts HERE.
+ info:
Bonfire Night 2015: Why do we celebrate with firework displays? Who was Guy Fawkes?
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
GUY FAWKES' MASK (November, 5th)
Do you recognize this mask? What does it have to do with November, 5th?
It's GUY FAWKES' MASK
It has appeared in the film "V FOR VENDETTA"
Since then it has become the symbol of anti-government and anti-establishment movements around the world. But, why is it called Guy Fawkes' mask? Why do they celebrate Guy Fawkes day or Bonfire Night on November 5th? All the information in these links:
Thursday, 3 November 2011
5th NOVEMBER: GUY FAWKES' OR BONFIRE NIGHT IN THE UK
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night, is an annual commemoration on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a Catholic angry by religious prosecution, led the Gunpowder Plot to blow down the Houses of Parliament and bring down England's Protestant monarchy. He was arrested while guarding the explosives. Celebrating the fact that James I of England had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act 1605 enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the predominant English state commemoration, but as it carried strong religious overtones it also became a focus for anti-Catholic sentiment.
Bonfire Night is a yearly event dedicated to bonfires, fireworks and celebrations. Different traditions celebrate Bonfire Night on different days. Some of the better known Bonfire Nights are: 5 November in the United Kingdom, Canada & Australia; 23 June in Ireland and some parts of Spain as Galicia and Valencia, sometimes known as St John's Eve/Night, a bonfire tradition which also survives in parts of Scandinavia.
Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the predominant English state commemoration, but as it carried strong religious overtones it also became a focus for anti-Catholic sentiment.
Bonfire Night is a yearly event dedicated to bonfires, fireworks and celebrations. Different traditions celebrate Bonfire Night on different days. Some of the better known Bonfire Nights are: 5 November in the United Kingdom, Canada & Australia; 23 June in Ireland and some parts of Spain as Galicia and Valencia, sometimes known as St John's Eve/Night, a bonfire tradition which also survives in parts of Scandinavia.
Video "THE HISTORY OF GUY FAWKES' DAY":
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