In
1605 Guy Fawkes formed an elaborate plan to assassinate King James I of
England. He ultimately failed and was captured and burned at the stake. That
night English people around the country were encouraged by the government to
light bonfires and celebrate the King’s escape from death. To this day, the
tradition has lived on and every year on November 5th the English
celebrate Guy Fawkes Day by lighting huge bonfires and setting off fireworks!
They even burn a fake Guy Fawkes doll! (Morbid, I know…but also very amusing).
We
were lucky enough to have a bonfire celebration right next to our campus. The
bonfire was HUGE and despite fairly consistent rain, it continued burning all night. Accompanying the bonfire was a full fireworks show (complete with
background music of anything they felt related to fire and fireworks, i.e. Katy
Perry’s-Firework and Johnny Cash’s- Ring of Fire, just to name a few). The event
was absolutely packed with students and families out to celebrate the night, there
was also a very…interesting…fire dance performed by a man named “Circus Paul”.
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| the bonfire!! |
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| If you look closely...you can see us standing in front of the fire... |
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| Bonfire with the crowd in the back |
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| Rain and fire |
