In the UK, Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes is celebrated on November 5th and the night skies are filled with colour. It's a special day in honour of a historic event.
The history. The year was 1605 and some English Catholics were
angry because the King of England, James the first, was treating them badly. In
November 1605 a group of men made a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament in
London for November 5th. The plan is known as the ‘Gunpowder Plot’
and the leader of the group was called Guy Fawkes. The police found the
gunpowder before it exploded and they caught all the men involved in the plot.
The men were tortured and killed. To celebrate his survival, King James ordered
the people of England to have a bonfire on the night of November 5th.
Bonfires, Guys and fireworks. On
November 5th people remember the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by
celebrating ‘Bonfire Night’. All over Britain there are firework displays and
bonfires with models of Guy Fawkes, which are burned on the fire. Food. It’s normally quite cold in November in Britain, so on Bonfire Night people wear hats, scarves and gloves to spend the evening outside. They need some warm food too. Traditional Bonfire Night food is hot baked potatoes. The potatoes are cooked on the bonfire and filled with butter and cheese. There are also toffee apples (apples on a stick, covered in sweet toffee) and in the north of England they eat a special type of cake called parkin. Cooking marshmallows on the bonfire is also popular. Yum!
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