So this might be for Brits only but would love a general opinion...So bonfire night is with us once again...Why do we need this pointless exercise...I have never seen any reason apart from making the firework makers rich...And no its not all about the pets, Its people as well who are who are scared shitless by loud shrilly whistles and loud bangs and also the irresponsible people who buy them...Its only a bit of fun I hear you cry...but its not...the amount of people hurt, blinded or maimed by said fireworks that only work once for the extortionate price that you are paying...oh and the vet bills that are paid for tablets to keep pets calm...don't see any fun in that....or is it just me...
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Bonfire night was instituted much as Christmas was to replace a pagan festival.
In the case of Christmas it was Yuletide, in the case of Bonfire night it was Samhain.
Though Samhain was overlaid with All Hallows eve, much to the anger of the church the Bonfires and burning of the wicker man that were such a feature of the festival of the dead continued.
After the arrest of Guido Fawkes in 1605 and his subsequent Hanging, the tradition of the Bonfire and the burning of effigies was moved away from Samhain five days forward and stripped of all occult trappings, instead becoming celebration of god's divine intervention in saving the king from the machinations of the evil catholics.
LenHazell53
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There are some brilliant Bonfire Societies around England. I used to live in Hastings who are pretty special but the most controversial has to be Lewes, where I think they still parade the papal effigy around the town and then burn it!
@Geoffrey51 I would go to that one.
@Dragoria It is reasonable for their use one night a year, what I object to is their use from Halloween night to the weekend following nov.5th night after night of noise and the police refuse to do anything about it.
No it is not just you. And it is all because we are supposed to celebrate the survival of a king, who most people then and now would think better in prison than ruling a country, in a war of terror fought over religion. The only true traditional part is the bonfire, which was once lit to celebrate the Autumn season, and hearten people before the winter, fair enough, but these silly people should get it that it is the bonfire, not fireworks, which has a true traditional meaning. A lot of them now don't even have the fire, just an annual excuse to play dangerous games with explosives.
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