Explaining bonfire night

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Lewes, um Lewes

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bonfire. So, I'll be over there this

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evening,

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um which is which I'm looking forward

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to. Go every year.

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>> What's a bonfire?

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>> Um a bonfire is

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culturally very different to what it

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literally is just

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a pile of wood that you set fire to,

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literally. Uh culturally, it's been

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going in Lewes for 150 years.

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Um it's the biggest bonfire society in

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the world.

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>> And then how about later on tonight?

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What's your plan?

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>> Uh so, we are off to Lewes bonfire to

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try and give that a go and hopefully the

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traffic is okay.

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>> Wow, what's a bonfire?

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>> A bonfire is a

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uh

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ginormous pile of wood which you set on

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fire. Uh

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>> Why?

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>> I miss I miss occasion it's to mark uh

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November 5th, which was a failed

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historically was a failed uh attempt to

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blow up the Houses of Parliament um and

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it's uh to

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I think essentially remind politicians

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not to

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be too outrageous and keep them in check

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a little bit and also remember that the

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failed attempt and the people who were

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brutally executed.

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>> Wow, English culture is very strange.

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>> Yeah, there we go.

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But yeah, that's that's what

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Bonfire Night is about.

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>> And lastly,