Fortnightly Competition #28 - Comments - Bonfire Night

I believe I am supposed to start one of these threads. Here it be!

Excellent idea

Well not for us since it isn't a custom here
If I want to make a bonfire I need to ask approval for that since it's against the law to make a bonfire here.

As far as I know Guy Fawkes Night is only a British custom, so it will be hard for the rest as well probably.

Also Mhuni wrote down the rules and one of them was. link
7. The latest winner will select the next theme taking into consideration its practicality for all potential entrants (eg. don’t select ‘Winter’ when it’s summer down under), and will initiate the new competition as soon as possible after the previous results have been posted.

Sorry to spoil the fun

Anvh, maybe just fire (flame) then??? For those, who have no other chance?

Halloween is not celebrated here either. And the weather has been so damned disgusting, that I have no wish to make a fire outside. Too wet anyway.

Anyway, it would be interesting to see the pics in theme by others
The most surprising and interesting ideas coming when there are less possibilities

But Aki they don't celebrate Halloween that's on 31 October, they celebrate Guy Fawkes Night in the UK and in the UK colonies, but besides that hardly any country does it, it's an English custom.

Yes we could make photos of flames but that is beside the Bonfire night theme right?

I wonder if we would get any objection if we would do Pakjesavond as a theme.
Pakjesavond is custom that goes together with sinterklaas and is done on 5 December, if you wonder.

Stefan,
Maybe some pic about looking a movie from TV (etc) with bonfire in it ?
Maybe some collage about freezing or urban person longing for bonfire ?
Maybe some autumn trees in flames of colors?

Oh, who knows.....
If it is not possible...then somehow it must be possible.
(This is not MY promise to enter.)

But defenetly the choice of theme is teaching sth to the next judges.

Stefan,

You did not enter the last competition and White Shirts exist all over the world

If you really enjoy sth then nothing spoils the fun

WE Newfie"s all celebrate Guy Fawks night on Nov 5th I'll see what I can get! Also halloween is a big event!

Sorry Stefan, didn't mean to wind you up!

Before setting the topic I did consider what the non-UK* members would do, which is why I put in that 2nd paragraph saying that any fire photo will be acceptable from those members who don't celebrate it.

*Plus certain provinces in Canada!

Very true but I didn't have a white shirt with me when I was at my girls and mothers place.
I'm just home for two days.
But to be honest I hardly enter those comps, only did it twice so far.

But GivingTree, dr. Mhuni, Tony-O, JudithAnn and Aki did enter so almost 50% of the entrance of last comp wouldn't have been able to enter it.

Since I was early and no one else commented I thought to comment as fast as I can to make some things clear, if someone would have comment over 2 days then it might have been harder to edit the topic a bit.
So it has nothing to do with spoiling the fun or acting as a police men, just wanted to be fair for everyone and Tim had already provided the answer.

Tim, sorry I took "old fire photos" literal, I was already thinking because you said in the third paragraph the dates at which the photo must be taken.

We can make bonfires here the 5th Tim but we need to ask permission, I could try it though... but the government isn't that efficient to do it in 14 days probably

Stefan, we do celebrate Halloween in the UK and most certainly in Scotland and Ireland where it has its roots in the pre-Christain festival of Samhain. Children here go guising (in disguise) and visit houses for a treat as a reward for some sort of performance like reciting a poem or singing a song. They carry lanterns carved from turnips.

This festival was exported to America but sadly the American version has been imported back recently so lanterns are being carved from pumpkins (easier!) but the phrase 'trick or treat' is banned in this house!

I did some filming in the Netherlands about December 5th traditions and I enjoyed the antics of the Black Peiters, am I right in thinking it is illegal to put up Christmas decorations before this date? If so - good idea.

Guy Fawkes Night is a British tradition not an English one. He was a Catholic Englishman trying to assassinate a Scottish Protestant who was first king of the UK.

Thank you for clearing that up Ken.
We hardly celebrate Halloween because we have St. Martin's Day on the 11th and that's almost the same, well not really but children also ask for candy at the doors and we don't want to spoil them that bad

In some places there are some bonfires I believe on that day (1 November) but those would be at midnight so after closing of the comp

Yes that's true, we are quite proud about our Sinterklaas, it's our Santa Claus (see the similarities?) to say it very simple.

Did you also do some filming about the arriving of Sinterklaas in his steamship?
It's the first Saturday after St. Martin's Day.

If we also did have Halloween the children would get 3 times in a short amount of time free candy, since with the arriving of Sinterklaas they also get candy.

I filmed in a Junior School near Rotterdam and a little boy asked me where we came from, before I got a chance to reply his teaher interrupted and said, 'Why are you asking, you know they are from Spain. Sinterklaas always has his own film crew.'

I'm glad I was right about December 5th, its important we all hang onto our traditions and individuality.

I was wondering what I might do....here in my province they do not even know what this is or who Guy Fawks is.....as I read through the threads Aki said...I highly doubt that the colour of flames in leaves would be acceptable...but I bet that burning the leaves would do it!....umm if they are not too wet to burst into flames and not just smolter....I will try this tomorrow...and like you Stephen we have fire regulation...but hey, by the time I am reported, since I just burning leaves(not wood) the fire would be long out....and whos to say that Buddy-Whats-His-Name, walking down the road didn't flick his smoke/cig/fag right in my nicely raked pile of leave Lucky for my neighbours I was there to take pictures! (not sure why I am not trying to put it out and save them all:roll...And hopfully, just hopfully no one will see me on my knees huffing and puffing on smokin, smolterin leavestrying to get some fantastic flames for Tim comp!