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What are burning effigies?

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Burning an effigy is the act of taking a representation usually similar to a doll or scarecrow of an unpopular person and burning it. For example, on Guy Fawkes Night, many people in Britain burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes because he committed treason by plotting to kill King James.

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