Supermodels Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Georgia Meloni, Pedro Sanchez, Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro: all cremated, according to tradition, at the ‘Burning of Judas’, the event that takes place during Holy Week in Spain, in the municipality of Alfaro located in the autonomous community of La Rioja.
Local media is documenting that hundreds of mannequins have been burned, notably those of former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont – who fled to Belgium after Catalonia’s unauthorized referendum and subsequent declaration of independence from Spain in 2017 – and those of former government ministers. Catalunya, Clara Ponsati, and Tony Comin. The three dressed as if they were knights with the flag of Catalonia with Spanish judge Pablo Larena recently withdrawing the charge of sedition against Puigdemont while maintaining charges against him of embezzlement and insubordination.
In the “Burning of Judas”, a tradition common in Spain and some Latin American countries, the betrayal of Judas is remembered and an attempt is made to “put an end to evil and traitors” by burning effigies of various figures considered. “bad”. This isn’t the first time Puigdemont’s mannequin has been burned. It has already happened in 2019 in the city of Curepipe, Seville, which has sparked many controversies in Catalonia. As reported by the Catalan newspaper ‘El Nacional’ when reporting the news, this year the leader of the People’s Party Alberto Núñez Figo, the leader of the Vox Santiago Abascal was dressed as Romeo accompanied by a mannequin representing the current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni dressed as Juliet.
Other models include current Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, as well as former US President Donald Trump, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin. His foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. In addition, dolls depicting King Charles III of England and his wife Camilla are seen.
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