Bonfire Night-Guy Fawkes Night

Remember, remember the fifth of November 

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason, why gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.

This weekend, people all over the UK will be lighting bonfires and enjoying fireworks. This is to celebrate Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night.

So, at our English Club meeting today we talked about how people across the UK celebrate Bonfire Night with fireworks, bonfires, sparklers. Some might have small fireworks parties in their back gardens, while towns and villages may put on organised displays in public parks.People have some fun with friends and family, but there is a historical reason why they do this.

uSo where did it all come from?

uWhat is Bonfire Night?

Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Night, is a famous holiday in the UK.

Bonfire Night celebrates something that didn’t happen: the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes and his group wanted to blow up parliament , kill King James I and his government with gunpowder.Fawkes and his group put 36 barrels of gunpowder under the Houses of Parliament in London, ready to set off a massive explosion.

But on the 5^th of November guards caught Fawkes and his men.

In celebration of his survival, King James ordered that the people of England should have a great bonfire on the night on 5^thNovember.

When people light bonfires to remember this event,  there is a figure   of a man on the top of them. He is called the 'Guy' and is a kind of doll that represents a man who was part of the plot, called Guy Fawkes.

What do you think about the holiday?

Do we have a holiday similar to this one in Georgia? 

When and where do you celebrate it?  What do you do?

Share your thoughts and ideas ;)