A giant effigy of Donald Trump was burned in a bonfire at Edenbridge, England. This event is just part of the traditional Guy Fawkes Night held every November 5.
Donald Trump Latest News & Update: Image Was Elected To Be Burned This Year
The residents of the village fulfilled a promise to burn a giant effigy of the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The organizers of the Society of Bonfires report that the 11-meter high image was elected by an overwhelming majority to be burned this year. Last year, they elected the painting of the FIFA president Sepp Blatter to be burned at the bonfire.
Guy Fawkes UK Bonfire: A Tradition That Commemorates November 5 Attack
Burning images at Guy Fawkes is a traditional event that commemorates an attack that occurred on November 5, 1605. The attack was made by a conspiracy with 13 members. It includes Guy Fawkes and they blew up the House of Lords in response to the persecution of Catholics undertaken by Queen Elizabeth I. It was continued by his successor, King James I.
The group managed to install 36 barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the House of Lords. But one of the members of the conspiracy wrote a letter of confession and this came to King James I. Guy Fawkes, who was ready to blow up the barrels of gunpowder, was tortured and then executed. According to Reuters, Britain was celebrating this event realizing that the scheduled November 5, 1605, attack would kill many innocents. Fawkes was used by the English kingdom as a figure of terror at the national level and represented the Catholic extremism. This gave the kingdom the pretext needed to continue repressing the followers of this religion.
According to Usa Today, every November 5, bonfires and fireworks are lit throughout Britain to commemorate the failed attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the English Parliament. Guy Fawkes is now a yearly event in which people protests, marches, and makes bonfires and fireworks. The burning of the presidential candidate Donald Trump effigy is done to acknowledge the former American colonies at the bonfire night.
Today, the face of Fawkes is used in masks at protests and was popularized in the film adaptation of the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore. It is also used in anti - system movements like Anonymous and marches.
