“Remember, remember, the 5th of November…”, begins a popular English tale celebrating the capture of the legendary Guy (Guido) Fawkes, who in 1605 attempted to blow up the House of Lords, Parliament with numerous barrels of gunpowder. The 5th of November is widely celebrated in the UK and all of her old colonies, including, here, in South Africa. After speaking to many people about why they celebrate the 5th of November here, many just respond with, “it’s a celebration for some guy who tried to blow up a building somewhere, and we get to light off fire works!” Although here in SA, this is a celebration lost in translation, it is, however, quite the spectacle. As you, back home, celebrated the historical win of Barak Obama with celebratory parties, we too celebrated the voting results, on
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