60 Seconds on Earth: Tiny UK town goes all pyro for a night (VIDEO)
Every November 5, the UK village of Lewes celebrates the arrest and execution of dissident Guy Fawkes.
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LEWES, UK — Every Nov. 5, Britons celebrate the arrest and execution of Catholic dissident Guy Fawkes, who plotted to blow up Parliament in 1605. The tiny village of Lewes takes the party to a fiery, anarchic extreme.
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