Monday, January 26, 2015

Bonfire Night

Today in class we discussed Guy Fawkes Day, also known as Bonfire Night. I found it quite interesting that the UK celebrates this holiday to commemorate the failure of the gunpowder plot. They basically spend a day rejoicing over something that didn't happen. Do you know of any (are there any?) other holidays celebrated over things that didn't happen?
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  1. UnknownJanuary 28, 2015 at 8:45 PM

    For some reason the Guy Fawkes Day remined me of 4th of july. One celibrates the failure of a attack; on the otherhand the other one celibrates a rejoice of independence. Maybe it was the fire works that made me think of 4th of july.

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    1. UnknownJanuary 29, 2015 at 7:51 PM

      I can see how you'd relate the two, especially since England is so old and doesn't have an "Independence" day or a National holiday that commemorates their country. I was just wondering if there are any other holidays that celebrate things that never happened.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 2, 2015 at 9:05 AM

    I do not know any other days but when I think of Guy Fawkes I think of V for Vendetta. In the movie however the Parliament was blown down. I didn't know that guy Fawkes was religious and that bombing was based on it. I guess it makes me more objective and understanding on why people didn't like him

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