Good Manners, Customs and Strange Traditions
Have you heard about any unusual traditions in your country or around the world?
The start of November announces the arrival
of Bonfire Night. Also known as Firework
Night or Guy Fawkes Night, the event is
celebrated all over the country on 5th
November each year and draws its roots
from an event that took place
in London many centuries ago. The
celebration is named after the villain Guy
‘Guido’ Fawkes, who in 1605 plotted with a
group of conspirators to blow up the Houses
of Parliament and kill King James I and his
ministers. Unfortunately for Guy Fawkes,
while he waited to light the barrels of
gunpowder hidden in the cellar of the of the
House of Lords, he was discovered, arrested
and later executed along with his friends. To
celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot,
the day was made a national day of
thanksgiving.
. The popular rhyme about thefailing of Guy Fawkes – ‘remember, remember, the fifth of November/ Gunpowder, treason and plot’ – is still recited today. Figures of Fawkes were created using straw, paper or old clothes and were then thrown onto a huge bonfire to begin the festivities. Today it has not only become custom to see guys on the bonfire, but also modern political figures as a contemporary satirical twist.
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Good Manners, Customs and Strange Traditions
Have you heard about any unusual traditions in your country or around the world?
The start of November announces the arrival of Bonfire Night. Also known as Firework Night or Guy Fawkes Night, the event is celebrated all over the country on 5th November each year and draws its roots from an event that took place in London many centuries ago. The celebration is named after the villain Guy ‘Guido’ Fawkes, who in 1605 plotted with a group of conspirators to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I and his ministers. Unfortunately for Guy Fawkes, while he waited to light the barrels of gunpowder hidden in the cellar of the of the House of Lords, he was discovered, arrested and later executed along with his friends. To celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, the day was made a national day of thanksgiving.
. The popular rhyme about thefailing of Guy Fawkes – ‘remember, remember, the fifth of November/ Gunpowder, treason and plot’ – is still recited today. Figures of Fawkes were created using straw, paper or old clothes and were then thrown onto a huge bonfire to begin the festivities. Today it has not only become custom to see guys on the bonfire, but also modern political figures as a contemporary satirical twist.
G U Y F A W K E S N I G H T
Have a brief conversation about the etiquette of kissing in your country
Discuss the manners on the next page in your country and in other countries you have been to. Is it the same or different?
Table Manners
Greetings
Punctuality
Write an advice in each topic
Gender Roles
Tipping
Taboo
Have you ever experienced culture shock? Where were you? What happened?
Search about an unusual custom:
THANK YOU!