"figure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- These effigies were banned but the idea of protest was transferred to the Judas figures.
- Andrews travels to Lewes and gives his testimony in court despite being scorned by the other witnesses for the prosecution as a Judas figure.
- However, the Judas figure (often in the form of a devil or an unpopular personality) is destroyed by fireworks attached to its body.
- During his journey the priest also encounters a mestizo who later reveals himself to be a Judas figure.
- However, not all Judas figures represent hated people but also those who are loved such as mythological figures, those from history and artists.
- Originally, Judas figures, like ones in Europe, were made relatively small and from various materials.
- Like the Judas figures, these are hollow with wicker frames covered in papier-mâché then painted and decorated.
- The Judas figures are inspired by the disciple that betrayed Jesus, but traditionally is depicted as a devil.
- They have an international reputation for the creation of forms such as skeletons, skulls, Judas figures and fantastical creatures called "alebrijes.
- This allowed the family business to survive the near ban on Judas figures which occurred in the city after a 1957 explosion at a warehouse.
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