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Brulement de l'Effigie du Juda le Samedi Saint

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Brulement de l'Effigie du Juda le Samedi Saint. Description: Effigies of Judas are displayed in public places in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [top] Includes Black people watching the destruction of one of the effigies, Black children beating parts of the effigy with sticks, Black women carrying food on their heads, church, tree, and port with ships firing cannons in the distance. [bottom] Two effigies that include figures of devils that torture and kill Judas. On the figures of Judas are signs that refer to his betrayal of Jesus. Each Judas figure also holds a sack to represent the sack of silver that he received for betraying Jesus. Source creator: Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848. Source title: Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome troisième. Source place of publication: Paris. Source publisher: Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 56. Source date: M DCCC XXXIX. [1839]. Record number: 07385-107.

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