British Holidays Guy Fawkes Day

hi everyone I’m Gina remember remember
the fifth of November gunpowder treason

and plot if you live in the UK you will
know that rhyme and what it means if you

don’t then you soon well it refers to
Guy Fawkes Day an annual celebration on

the 5th of November in this lesson
you’re going to learn about what Guy

Fawkes Day is and how it is celebrated

why did people in the UK first start to
celebrate Guy Fawkes Day will show you

the answer at the end of this video
Guy Fawkes Day celebrates a failure of

Guy Fawkes and his accomplices in their
plot to kill King James are first in

1605 Forks and his friends plan to blow
up the houses of parliament with the

Protestant King inside and replace him
with a Catholic monarch however their

plot was discovered and they were
arrested and later executed for treason

we celebrate Guy Fawkes Day by lighting
large bonfires

and setting our fireworks the
celebrations are also called bonfire

night people may go to organised
firework displays or have smaller

parties in their gardens
fireworks are a large part of the

celebrations and although the event is
on the 5th of November it isn’t unusual

to hear fireworks throughout October -
another way of marking the day is by the

making of a guy a guy is a homemade
dummy that is usually made to resemble

Guy Fawkes himself
it used to be commonplace to see

children with their guys asking for
money by shouting penny for the guy but

this tradition is not as popular in
recent years the guys are thrown onto

the bonfires and burnt

the image of die Forks has become very
popular in recent years due to Guy

Fawkes masks being used in the film V
for Vendetta and also by the online

group Anonymous and now I’ll give you
the answer to the earlier quiz why did

people in the UK first start to
celebrate Guy Fawkes Day the

celebrations of Guy Fawkes Day began
because the government in 1605 enforced

a public day of celebration the public
had no choice but to light bonfires and

celebrate the failure of the plot how is
this lesson did you learn something

interesting do you have any events or
festivals that you celebrate with

fireworks in your country leave us a
comment at English class 101.com and

we’ll see you in the next lesson bye

you