Friday, November 13, 2009

Bonfire

last night, i joined the bonfire event organized by some UK students
Co je bonfire? 
yeah, i'm not pretty sure about it.
but according to wiki and after some googling, this is what i can say about bonfire

BONFIRE

-legal outdoor fire used for disposing burnable waste material, 
-celebratory bonfires are typically designed to burn quickly, and used to be very large.  
-the meaning and objective of the event goes different to every country

eg :
UK - mark the failure of 5th Nov 1605 'Gunpowder Plot' , Catholic conspiration to destroy the House of Lords in London
*** ala, yang cerita V for Vandetta 
Remember Remember, the 5th of November ....

Ireland - celebrate during Halloween or Samhain (festival marking the endo of the harvest season)

India - 
*PUNJAB: for festival of Lohri, people gather around a bonfire and eat peanuts and sweets
*ASSAM (northeastern part of India) : for harvest festival in mid January named 'Bhogali Bihu , as a mark that harvest season just end 
*TAMIL nadu and MUMBAI : 'Bhogali Bihu' mark as the first day of farmer festival Pongal. they collect unwanted items and set them on fire in a bonfire to celebrae

Japan - marking the end of O-Bon season 'bon Odori' - as an appreciation and remembrance to their ancestors for their sacrifice

and even in Czech and Slovakia have this bonfire event
Cz/slovakia - last night of April, called 'Burning of the Witches' 




bonfire



my Ghanian friend Okaikor and fana the cheeky ones



sempat pose sebelom pergi





i just love the quote in V for Vandetta tu
'People shouldn't be afraid of their government, 
Governements should be afraid of their people' 

#deep