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unusual facts about bonfire


Bonfire

As depicted in the film Amarcord by Federico Fellini, it has a more pagan-Christian connotation when it is burned on Mid-Lent Thursday.


Biggar, South Lanarkshire

The town has traditionally held a huge bonfire at Hogmanay.

Blacksmoke

A Blacksmoke press release drew connections with Bonfire Night and called Guy Fawkes Britain's "most notorious terrorist".

Bonfire Pipe to Pipe

Pipe to Pipe is a snowboard and skateboard contest sponsored by Bonfire Snowboarding and Windells Snowboard Camp.

Bonfire Snowboarding

2004 – Bonfire rider David Benedek is voted Snowboarder’s Rider of the Year for the second year in a row.

2002 – Bonfire Rider David Benedek wins 1st overall, 1st in Quarterpipe and 2nd in slopestyle at the 2002 Burton European Open.

Calan Mai

Celebrations start on the evening before, known as May Eve, with bonfires; as with Calan Gaeaf, the night before (Nos Galan Mai) is an Ysbrydnos, or "spirit night," when spirits are out and about and divination is possible.

Crazy Nights

The song was also recorded by German heavy metal band Bonfire for a Wes Craven movie Shocker.

Fire and Fame

Fire And Fame is a memoir co-written by Joerg Deisinger, former bassist and founding member of the German hard rock band Bonfire, and Carl Begai, a Canadian writer and music journalist.

Hans Ziller

Hans Ziller (born May 18, 1958) is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer (with Claus Lessmann) of the German 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire.

Lewes Bonfire

In 2001 an effigy of Osama bin Laden ensured that the annual event received more press attention than usual (it featured on the front page of some national newspapers) as did the Firle Bonfire Society’s 2003 choice of a gypsy caravan.

Los Cardales

Since 1994, the bonfire is lit every June 21, which is the winter solstice day, Fogata de San Juan.

Mars Bonfire

Dennis Edmonton (born 21 April 1943 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada), also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf.

Mischief Night

Also the eve has been known in Yorkshire as "Mischievous Night", "Miggy Night", "Tick-Tack Night", "Corn Night", "Trick Night" and "Micky Night" but is celebrated on November 4 on the eve of Bonfire Night.

Nachum Dov Brayer

The Boyaner Rebbe traditionally lights the first bonfire at the annual Lag BaOmer celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, Israel.

Pikey

In 2003 the Firle Bonfire Society burned an effigy of a family of gypsies inside a caravan after travellers damaged local land.

Sehnsucht

That unnameable something, desire for which pierces us like a rapier at the smell of bonfire, the sound of wild ducks flying overhead, the title of The Well at the World's End, the opening lines of "Kubla Khan", the morning cobwebs in late summer, or the noise of falling waves.

Stephen North

North is a supporter of Brighton and Hove Albion FC, and has co-written two books about the club, Build a Bonfire (Mainstream Publishing 1997).

Tappan Square

Among the more common are festivals, bonfires, rallies, concerts, vigils, and marches, but Tappan also provides a home for Commencement, Oberlin Folk Fest, Local Foods Festival, OSCA bonfire, Beltane, and Juneteenth.

The Bonfire of the Vanities

In 1990, Bonfire was adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy, Kim Cattrall as his wife Judy, Melanie Griffith as his mistress Maria, and Bruce Willis as journalist (and narrator of the film) Peter Fallow.

The Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs

It depicts the scene from The Lost Boys in which David and his gang feed on the people at a bonfire party.


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