Do you celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
Some might celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night in the United Kingdom.
Today 5 November some might celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. It is also known as Bonfire Night in the United Kingdom.
It commemorates a day in 1605 when thirteen young Catholic conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament and thereafter kill King James I. The King reportedly was been less tolerant of Catholicism, according to International Business Times.
The conspiracy is known as the Gunpowder Plot.
One of the thirteen conspirators was Guy Fawkes, notorious for being Britain’s most significant traitor.
The conspirators attained and stored 36 barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the House of Lords. Guy Fawkes posed as a servant by the name of John Johnson to source the gunpowder.
Fawkes was guarding the cellar and was caught when authorities stormed it in the early hours of 5 November. He was tortured and ultimately executed.
As is custom, bonfires will be lit throughout London and the rest of the United Kingdom as well as in other parts of the world.
Officially organised community bonfires usually also feature fireworks displays and other entertainment.
A mask, which is a stylised depiction of Guy Fawkes often is worn on this night.
It was made famous when it was featured in a movie called V for Vendetta that is loosely based on the Guy Fawkes character played by Hugo Weaving.
The mask often is referred to as the ‘Anonymous’ mask.
There is a famous quote about the Gunpowder Plot:
Remember, remember the 5th of November
The Gunpowder treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot.
Sources:
• www.ibtimes.co.in
• www.bonfirenight.net
• www.tvnz.co.nz
No I don’t as per my uncle commiting sucide 13 years ago on this day and as per the animals that are terrified of the crackers.