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Every year on 5th November, the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot , Guy Fawkes is remembered.
Throughout England, towns and villages light huge bonfires, let off magnificent fireworks,burn an effigy (a homemade model of a man, like a scarecrow) and celebrate the fact the Parliament and James I were not blown sky high by Guy Fawkes.
As well as burning effigy of Guy Fawkes, the bonfires are used to cook potatoes wrapped in foil and to heat up soup for the crowds that come to watch the fireworksThe traditional cake eaten on bonfire night is Parkin Cake, a sticky cake containing a mix of oatmeal, ginger, treacle and syrup.Other foods include sausages cooked over the flames and marshmallows toasted in the fire. Firework Displays
In main town and cities, torch-lit processions are also popular on this night too. The procession leads to where the bonfire and firework displays are.
The biggest fireworks display in Kent is the Edenbridge Display.
Penny for the Guy
During the days before Bonfire Night, children used to take their home-made guys out on the street and ask for ??????¡°a penny for the Guy??????? for fireworks.
Children, in some areas, blacken their faces as Guy Fawkes might have done when he plotted to blow up parliament.
Flaming Barrels
In Ottery St Mary, teams of stalwart men carry flaming tar barrels on their shoulders down the length of the town????????s High Street. When one man????????s 50-pound barrel gets too hot to handle, another man takes over – then another, and then another, until the flames die out and the barrel crumbles into ashes.
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