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controlled destruction we cheer for, the only fire allowed to win
means A large open-air fire built deliberately for celebration, ceremony, or to burn rubbish and waste.
from Refreshingly literal: from Middle English 'bonefire' — a fire of bones. Medieval communities burned heaps of bones (animal, and sometimes from purges and plague), and the word stuck even after the fuel changed to wood. The popular story that it comes from French 'bon' (good) is a charming misreading; the bones came first.
- origin
- from bone-fire, medieval bonfires literally burned bones
- festival fuel
- Britain burns effigies of Guy Fawkes every November
- physics
- flames lean toward you as air rushes inward
- sound
- crackling is steam exploding from trapped pockets in wood
guy fawkes night bonfire — annual november 5th fires across uk commemorating 1605 gunpowder plot with effigies burned
lewes bonfire night — sussex town's legendary guy fawkes celebration since 1605 with multiple massive bonfires and processions
stanford big game bonfire — stanford-cal rivalry bonfire tradition (ended 1997) that burned 40-foot structures before football game