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British people celebrate Bonfire Night festivities
2009-11-07 10:53

People dressed in costume carrying burning torches parade during the Bonfire Night processions in Lewes in southern England November 5, 2009. As part of the annual bonfire celebrations, the British set off fireworks, light bonfires and burn an effigy, usually of Guy Fawkes, a conspirator of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot aimed at killing England's Protestant King James I and hundreds of dignitaries.

People watch fireworks during the Bonfire Night in Lewes in southern England November 5, 2009.

Source:Xinhua