Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November.
In the United Kingdom, celebrations take place in towns and villages across the country in the form of both private and civic events. They involve fireworks displays and the building of bonfires on which "guys" are burnt. These "guys" are traditionally effigies of Guy Fawkes, the most famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, or (very much less commonly in the present day) the Pope.[1] Before the fifth, children traditionally use the "guys" request a "penny for the guy" in order to raise funds with which to buy fireworks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
http://www.lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk/advice/index.html
