- The cases of corruption in public sectors were decisive in the choice of the reason for the cremated dolls. Photo: José Daniel Ramos @danielj2511
The inhabitants of the city of Caracas complied with the traditional burning of Judas, a custom that accompanies the celebrations of Holy Week, specifically on Easter Sunday.
As every year the residents of each parish or community make a doll or doll that represents the negative things that affect Venezuelans or some traitor character, this as a reference to Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus Christ.
It is usual that in this ritual the figure of a politician is given the face of a politician, which means that the tradition also becomes an act of protest. Recently, situations such as the humanitarian crisis, inflation, famine and even sanctions have also been represented.
Who are the characters represented in Judas?
The team of The newspaper He toured different parts of the city to verify how the people of Caracas complied with the tradition.
In the north-central area of Caracas, the residents of the La Candelaria parish burned a doll with four heads, each of which represented an official politician.
One of the heads represented Nicolás Maduro, the second Tareck El Aissami (former Oil Minister), the third Vladimir Parino López (Defense Minister) and the last Carmen Melendez (mayor of the Libertador de Caracas municipality). On the doll’s body they pasted posters that refer to the collectives and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
#9Abr | Neighbors of La Candelaria, in Caracas, carried out the burning of Judas with the faces of Nicolás Maduro, Tareck El Aissami, Padrino López and Carmen Meléndez, to reject corruption in Venezuela.
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One of the most traditional judas is made every year in El Cementerio, in the Santa Rosalía parish. This Easter the neighbors agreed to burn a character nicknamed “The corrupt”.
This figure represents the officials and businessmen arrested and investigated for corruption schemes in public sectors such as Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG) and the Judiciary.
The residents of the Antímano parish personified El Aissami in their Judas. On the doll’s chest a text explains “the betrayals committed”.