On the Fifth of November, British people celebrate Bonfire Night
on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. A scarecrow in the
likeness of Guy Fawkes is put in the center of a large pile of
wood, before lighting it on fire. There is also a huge fireworks
display, eating, drinking, and partying.
The reason why the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot were
trying to blow up Parliament was in an attempt to end the
persecution of Recusant Catholics. Before the scarecrow was
made in the likeness of Guy Fawkes, they were burning an effigy
of the Pope. In the town of Lewes in Sussex, they will have a
parade where they burn crosses on the Fifth of November.