Thursday, November 6, 2008

A night to remember...

We are honoured to be invited to celebrate Guy Fawke's night with our English friends today :)

Many, like I, would have heard of/celebrated Halloween but have you heard of Guy Fawke's night?

Apparently, Halloween is mainly an American celebration while Guy Fawke's night is an English one. While the former is celebrated on the 31st October every year where children goes trick or treating, Guy Fawke's night is celebrated on the 5th November annually to remember Guy Fawke's mischief by... (you'll probably get a better understanding of this with the link from above)

Anyway, what we do for Guy Fawke's night is really to set up a bonfire to burn a/some 'Guy's... In England, this would be accompanied by fireworks and sparkly works...

Like my DH puts it, it's more or less like Tian Gung festival (celebrated by Hokkiens on the eve of the ninth day of Chinese New Year) as we burn lots of offerings and play fireworks...

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