Follow the Southampton’s adventure of Marguerite and Guilhem from the IEMN-IAE, Nantes, France.
Summary Episode:
Discover more about the tradition of the Guy Fawkes Night…
Music:
Generic soundtrack: Koh Lanta Theme
Music theme: Woralks – Far Far Away
Again, we chose to use paintings and pictures from differents artists in order to make the video clear and informative. You will find under the origins of these materials as mention in the video:
The Daily Telegraph / Bonfire night 2016: Who was Guy Fawkes and where can you see the best firework displays?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/bonfire-night-guy-fawkes-firework-displays-gunpowder-plot-2016/
The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators
after Heinrich Ulrich
etching, late 18th to early 19th century
NPG D28145
© National Portrait Gallery, London
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by Daniel Mytens
oil on canvas, 1621
NPG 109
© National Portrait Gallery, London
The arrest of Guy Fawkes in the cellars of Parliament pictured in a wood engraving. CREDIT: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UN/REX
Boys collecting money in a tin for Guy Fawkes; c. 1955
Henry Grant
© Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London
Two children with their ‘Guy’ effigy: 1969
Henry Grant
© Henry Grant Collection/Museum of London
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Episode’s script :
During one week, we have observed that every evening there were a lot of fireworks in all the city of Southampton. Wondering why we have made some research about what was happening. This is what we find out:
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on the 5th of November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires throughout the country, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure.
Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the predominant English state commemoration, but as it carried strong Protestant religious overtones it also became a focus for anti-Catholic sentiment.
Towards the end of the 18th century, reports appear of children begging for money with effigies of Guy Fawkes and 5 November gradually became known as Guy Fawkes Day. The present-day Guy Fawkes Night is usually celebrated at large organized events, centered on a bonfire and extravagant firework displays.
Because of all that story, we went with Guilhem to see the huge fireworks organized by the city of Southampton in the bay nearby.
