One festival perculiar to Britain is Guy Fawkes Day which is celebrated every year on 5th November. The festival commemorates the foiled ‘gunpoweder plot’ which was designed to overthrow the English government. Guy Fawkes was the leader of the band which hatched the plot. The plan was to plant a bomb in the houses of parliament and ultimately kill the English king- James I.Guy Fawkes and his men were caught red handed trying to execute one of their plans.The festival since then has been a celebration of what England was and what it has been since the event had occurred so many centuries ago.
Guy Fawkes History
The plot of this foiled gun powder incident can be in detail seen in the movie V for Vendetta that actually made the premise of the entire plot more interesting and brought to focus the entire nature of such an act. The punishment for the conspirators was to be hanged, drawn and quartered - in other words killed for the crime of Treason. Despite being killed for the conspiracy, Guy Fawkes was still held to be something of a visionary and inspirational character; having convinced other people of his reasoning to blow up the houses of parliament. The plot is drummed into British schoolchildren by use of a little rhyme which begins ‘remember remember, the fifth of November’.
The Custom of Guy Fawkes Day
The celebration for this event generally occurs in the form of fireworks and festivities. Large bonfires are also lit in towns across Britain. The festival is not only celebrated in Britain, but also sometimes in other commonwealth countries such as Australia, South Africa and Canada.
Owing to a fireworks ban, some other territories no longer celebrate the day - including Barbuda and Antigua. In Canada, the festival has a particular following in Newfoundland and Labrador. When the celebrations begin at night, the air is usually rich with the smell of smoke and fire. The English of course put on the biggest celebrations. It’s not unusual to see people on the street celebrating, and large fireworks displays put on to mark the event.The festival which is Over 400 years still seems to have its followers all over the world. With an idea that could last forever, Guy Fawkes Day continues to be celebrated on the 5th of November annually.
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