What is Bonfire night Actually for??

[Cain_Zeros]

Quite frankly, I wish we had some sort of national "burn shit" day in Canada. Anyone know the date we burned down the White House during the War of 1812? We should send a request in to Parliament to declare that day a holiday.

 

[TimeLord]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November.
The gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see of no reason, why the gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot.

 

[Last Valiance]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November; the gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot...

Most countries have their own awesome celebrations:
In spain(?) there's day when they throw tomatoes at each other
In France there's a day when they celebrate the revolution (and everyone goes on strike)

 

[rokkolpo]

Hardly any other countries celebrate it (there are some though, check wiki)

And Tradition is the word you're looking for.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

why do we still have Bonfire night and do any other countries celebrate it?????

Simple,
-To get pissed of your tits, to see a massive fucking flame and watch things explode.

-And no, unless Guy and friends tryied to blow up any other countrie's parlament.

 

[YoUnG205]

why do we still have Bonfire night and do any other countries celebrate it?????

Simple,
-To get pissed of your tits, to see a massive fucking flame and watch things explode.

-And no, unless Guy and friends tryied to blow up any other countrie's parlament.

Thank you for quoting me but if you look the OP is almost one year old

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

why do we still have Bonfire night and do any other countries celebrate it?????

Simple,
-To get pissed of your tits, to see a massive fucking flame and watch things explode.

-And no, unless Guy and friends tryied to blow up any other countrie's parlament.

Thank you for quoting me but if you look the OP is almost one year old

Sorry dude, my bad. Well it was on the "recent posts" box and its nearly bonfire, I didnt check the date of OP.

 

[Daveman]

OK. Let me get in here because I am from Lewes in the south of england which is a small town quite near brighton. We have possibly the largest bonfire night celebrations in the world relative to our size and our towns population more than triples on bonfire night.

We celebrate it because we, historically speaking, are a very protestant town and of course bonfire night is specifically about the plot by catholics, Guy Fawkes e.t.c., to blow up our government and king. However as you who know history will be aware there was a lot of "toing and froing" between a national catholic religion and a national protestant religion during the Tudor period. During this time it switched between protestants and catholics being oppressed and punished for their religion. During one period of protestant oppression, in Lewes there were twenty protestants burnt at the stake for their beliefs and we celebrate these protestant martyrs in lewes and of course celebrate the death of catholics, Guy Fawkes, and we call for the Pope to be burnt.

Now I know what you're thinking, "steady on daveman, that can't be true in this politically correct present day we live in." However I assure you it is. Of course it is just as most holidays are nowadays, all the fun of the celebration without any of the thought behind it, i.e. nobody really wants to kill the pope. In fact it is much more a celebration of the power of the people as everyone takes over the streets and parades with flaming torches.

Any way, if you want to know more do feel free to look us up.

P.S. I would like to say I do not want any catholics dead. I promise.

Most people probably don't know the motivation behind it; they just celebrate it as it's tradition. Your saying your town celebrates it because it was a Protestant victory over Catholics?

I suppose everyone has their own reason to celebrate. I suppose more than anything it's a time when the whole town comes together and just goes mental. And historically, yes, that's what it was. Although not just the religious aspect because it's also fairly nationalist as well I guess because it was a plot to kill the king. Nowadays it's really just fun fireworks and bonfires with a little bit of tradition on top.