Best Cruises Tips » calendar http://www.bestcruisesdeals.com Best Cruises Deals, Ships, Lines and Tips about Cruise Vacations Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:48:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Remember Remember, 5th November http://www.bestcruisesdeals.com/remember-remember-5th-november/ http://www.bestcruisesdeals.com/remember-remember-5th-november/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:12:13 +0000 cruisesguide http://www.bestcruisesdeals.com/cruises-deals-tips/remember-remember-5th-november.html Among a few of the lesser known festivals centred in the British colonies is the Guy Fawkes day. The event is celebrated to commemorate a foiled plot to overthrow the government by blowing up the houses of parliament.The gun powder plot as it is known today was a plan hatched by a large group of Catholic conspirators lead by Guy Fawkes. The plot was to kill James I – then King of England – and blow up the houses of parliament. In the end, the group were caught before the bomb could be detinated, and so the plot failed. Britons therefore celebrate the plot failing and the houses of parliament remaining intact!

History of Guy Fawkes Day

The plot of this foiled gun powder incident can be in detail seen in the movie V for Vendetta that actually made the premise of the entire plot more interesting and brought to focus the entire nature of such an act. The punishment for the conspirators was to be hanged, drawn and quartered – in other words killed for the crime of Treason. A visionary, Guy Fawkes inspired a group of people to commit the crime, and despite being killed is still held to be something of an inspiational figure. The plot itself is what’s remembered, and is commemorated in a well-known childrens poem.

Guy Fawkes Day Customs and Activities

The celebration for this event generally occurs in the form of fireworks and festivities. Large bonfires are also lit in towns across Britain. Other commonwealth countries also celebrate this festival includeing Canadar and South Africa. Australia also sometimes commemorates this day.

Because of a ban on fireworks, Barbuda and Antigua no longer celebrate Guy Fawkes Day. The Canadian states of Labrador and Newfoundland often put on the most elaborate Guy Fawkes Day celebrations.These areas are teeming with bonfires and fireworks at the time of Guy Fawkes Night. The English of course put on the biggest celebrations.People come out on to the streets and celebrate the victory of the Government. Despite the event occuring over 400 years ago, the event is still celebrated today.

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