Wicker man since 1986, an effigy of a man has been burned during Burning Man, a week-long annual event currently being held in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Wicker man A wicker man was a large wicker statue reportedly used by the ancient Druids (priests of Celtic paganism) for sacrifice by burning it in effigy. The main evidence for this practice is one sentence in Julius Caesar's "Commentary on the Gallic war", which modern scholarship has linked to an earlier writer, Poseidonius. Modern archaeological research has not yielded much evidence of human sacrifice among the Celts, and the ancient Greco-Roman sources are now
Handcrafts and folk art in the State of Mexico 2013, handcrafts were sent to Laredo for the Sister Cities International Festival to help open the US market, and in 2014, an exhibition of the state’s handcrafts was held at the Mexican Senate. The state sponsors an annual handcraft festival called the Fiesta Artesanal Mexiquense, and in 2015, established the first contest for fireworks manufacture called the Concurso de Artesanía Pirotécnica. The state has also worked to get treaties to allow the export of its handcrafts exported to countries such as Spain, Portugal and China. Handcrafts and folk art in the State of Mexico The State of Mexico produces various