Effigy
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<holidayfyi-glossary slug="effigy"></holidayfyi-glossary>A sculpted or constructed figure representing a person, deity, or spirit created for ceremonial purposes during a festival, often ritually burned, submerged, or destroyed as part of the celebration's central meaning. Guy Fawkes Night in Britain involves burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes; Holika Dahan before Holi involves burning an effigy of the demoness Holika; Burning Man centres on the symbolic immolation of a large wooden figure — each enacting a narrative of triumph over evil or purification from the past.