Let’s learn a little bit of British culture…

GUY FAWKES – BONFIRE NIGHT

November 5th is the anniversary of “the Gunpowder Plot”. In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with 36 barrels of gunpowder. They were angry and wanted to kill King James I because he was Protestant, he treated them badly and they didn’t like that. The King’s soldiers caught Guy Fawkes and discovered the plans.

“Guy Fawkes”, also known as “Bonfire Night” is celebrated on November 5th each year by people in England with fireworks and bonfires. Often, effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned as part of the celebration, singing rhymes and chants.

“Remember, remember the fifth of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot,
We see no reason,
Why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot!”