Effigy of Harvey Weinstein burns at annual UK bonfire event

An effigy of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was burnt at an annual event

An effigy of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been burnt at an annual event organized by a bonfire society in Britain's southeastern town of Edenbridge.

Thousands of people, some in fancy dress, attended the event, that started with a procession and ended with the burning of the effigy.

The society burns a 'Guy' - named after gunpowder plotter Guy Fawkes - every year. A second effigy of a celebrity who is currently making headlines is burnt alongside the Guy.

Previous effigies burned include US President Donald Trump, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.

Bonfire night is celebrated across the UK every year to commemorate 1605's Gunpowder Plot, in which a group of Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, plotted to blow up the country's protestant King James I.


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