Bonfire Night on November, 5th.
Noche de las hogueras el 5 de noviembre.
La Noche de Guy Fawkes (en inglés: Guy Fawkes Night, también conocida en inglés como Bonfire Night, Bommy Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night) es una celebración que se realiza principalmente en el Reino Unido la noche del 5 de noviembre, para conmemorar el fracaso del atentado del 5 de noviembre de 1605, conocida como la conspiración de la pólvora, con el que una facción de católicos, entre los que se encontraba Guy Fawkes, intentaron volar el parlamento de Londres. Durante esta noche se hacen hogueras con un muñeco encima que representa la figura de Guy Fawkes. También se celebra con cabalgatas.
En el Reino Unido, donde hasta 1859 era obligatorio por decreto celebrar la salvación del rey, tradicionalmente la celebración incluía espectáculos pirotécnicos y la construcción de hogueras sobre las que se quemaban los Guys, que eran unos peleles con la efigie de Guy Fawkes, el más conocido de todos los conspiradores de 1605. La víspera del 5 de noviembre los niños usaban los Guys para pedir dinero al grito de penny for the guy ("Un penique para el Guy") para comprar pirotecnia. Sin embargo hay que decir que el verdadero sentido de la frase y de los Guys se perdió con el tiempo, dada la ambigüedad de la palabra guy, que, además de ser un nombre propio de varón, en inglés una voz popular usada para referirse a un hombre cualquiera (como en español se dice "tío", "tipo", "chico").
(Información obtenida de la Wikipedia).
Aquí tenéis enlaces con actividades para celebrar este día tan tradicional en el Reino Unido:http://www.dltk-holidays.com/guyfawkes/index.htm
Crossword.
Bonfire Night recipes
Gunpowder Plot Game
Bonfire
Night
By Karly Zagorac
(Thank you, Karly)
Remember,
remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
We see no reason,
Why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot!
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
We see no reason,
Why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot!
People
have been celebrating bonfire night on the 5th
of November for 400 years. Why is it such an important festival?
King
James was the King of England in 1605,
about 400 years ago. Every autumn, there was a special ceremony, when
he would be at the Houses of Parliament in London.
A man called Guy Fawkes joined a group of men who did not like the King. They plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on the 5th November, when the King was there.
A man called Guy Fawkes joined a group of men who did not like the King. They plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on the 5th November, when the King was there.
The
plotters got 36 barrels of gunpowder and hid them in the cellar under
the Houses of Parliament.
Guy Fawkes was put in charge of guarding the gunpowder.
The soldiers arrested Guy, and took him to the Tower of London, where they kept him prisoner. They also arrested the other plotters and took them to the Tower too.
The soldiers arrested Guy, and took him to the Tower of London, where they kept him prisoner. They also arrested the other plotters and took them to the Tower too.
| To
celebrate that he had survived, King
James said that people should have a big bonfire every year on
5th November.
Ever since then, the day has been known as Bonfire Night. Today, people also burn straw effigies of Guy Fawkes – known as ‘guys’ - on their bonfires and say a poem to remind them about the Gunpowder Plot. |
To
celebrate bonfire night, families normally use different types of
fireworks and bonfires. On top of the bonfires they normally burn a
model of Guy Fawkes.
Bonfire=
a large fire
Fireworks=
huge artificial fires lit in the air
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