Chileans To Celebrate New Year With Valparaiso Fireworks And Champaign
Published December 14, 2009 | 
One million visitors expected at Chile’s most important port city celebration
More than a million visitors are expected to travel to Valparaiso’s beaches, hills and rooftops to watch the annual New Years Eve fireworks at the coastal city next December 31.
The city has invested nearly US$200,000 in this year’s event, which is billed as the biggest ever since it rings in 2010, Chile´s bi-centennial year.
The planned 22-minute show will light up 37 tons of fireworks, launched from floating and land-based platforms. The display will be coordinated with nearby Viña del Mar and Concón, which will have simultaneous fireworks displays……. Read More
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Leave a commentGUY FAWKES CELEBRATION, NOVEMBER 5TH
Published October 22, 2009 | 
The real Guy Fawkes belonged to a group of plotters who planned to polish off the Royal Family by blowing up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament in 1605. The plot was leaked and the hapless Mr Fawkes was apprehended in a cellar below the House, guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder. He was executed for treason. Bonfires were lit around the country and songs were written, all to celebrate the King’s escape from assassination. The 1605 plotters were fiendishly cunning.
As you can imagine, this is a controversial event. No-one seems bothered about chucking Gordon Brown on the bonfire, but the historical head of a church – however much he may have been hated 400 years ago – is, erm, another matter entirely.
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