From the late 13th century onwards funeral effigies of monarchs and other royal persons were carried in a funeral procession on the coffin beneath a canopy. The effigy was generally close to the ...

But the stories didn’t talk about the effigies. In 1956, a white mob rioted in Mansfield and hung three effigies — one on Main Street and two at the high school — to scare Black students away.

The Effigieswill release their first album in 17 years. It's also the final album with John Kezdy who was tragically killed in a bike accident in 2023. The record is called Burned and it's out October ...

More information: Shalva Weil, Effigies, religion and reversals in the celebration of Purim by Cochin Jews, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (2024). DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2024.2411344 Provided by ...

This inversion of power structures was most vividly expressed through the construction and destruction of effigies representing adversaries, a practice embedded in the communal and ritualistic ...