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hi everyone I'm Gina remember remember
the fifth of November gunpowder treason
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and plot if you live in the UK you will
know that rhyme and what it means if you
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don't then you soon well it refers to
Guy Fawkes Day an annual celebration on
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the 5th of November in this lesson
you're going to learn about what Guy
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Fawkes Day is and how it is celebrated
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why did people in the UK first start to
celebrate Guy Fawkes Day will show you
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the answer at the end of this video
Guy Fawkes Day celebrates a failure of
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Guy Fawkes and his accomplices in their
plot to kill King James are first in
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1605 Forks and his friends plan to blow
up the houses of parliament with the
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Protestant King inside and replace him
with a Catholic monarch however their
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plot was discovered and they were
arrested and later executed for treason
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we celebrate Guy Fawkes Day by lighting
large bonfires
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and setting our fireworks the
celebrations are also called bonfire
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night people may go to organised
firework displays or have smaller
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parties in their gardens
fireworks are a large part of the
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celebrations and although the event is
on the 5th of November it isn't unusual
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to hear fireworks throughout October -
another way of marking the day is by the
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making of a guy a guy is a homemade
dummy that is usually made to resemble
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Guy Fawkes himself
it used to be commonplace to see
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children with their guys asking for
money by shouting penny for the guy but
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this tradition is not as popular in
recent years the guys are thrown onto
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the bonfires and burnt
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the image of die Forks has become very
popular in recent years due to Guy
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Fawkes masks being used in the film V
for Vendetta and also by the online
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group Anonymous and now I'll give you
the answer to the earlier quiz why did
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people in the UK first start to
celebrate Guy Fawkes Day the
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celebrations of Guy Fawkes Day began
because the government in 1605 enforced
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a public day of celebration the public
had no choice but to light bonfires and
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celebrate the failure of the plot how is
this lesson did you learn something
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interesting do you have any events or
festivals that you celebrate with
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fireworks in your country leave us a
comment at English class 101.com and
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we'll see you in the next lesson bye
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you
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