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
Testicle festival Testicle festival A testicle festival is an event held at several small towns in which the featured activity is the consumption of animal testicles, usually battered and fried. The oldest such festival takes place in Byron, Illinois, and features turkey testicles. Similar festivals are held in Deerfield, Michigan; Olean, Missouri; Tiro, Ohio; Oakdale, California;Ashland, Nebraska; Huntley, Illinois; Stillwater, Oklahoma;Salmon, Idaho Clinton, Montana, and Dundas, Wisconsin some of which feature cattle testicles. The Montana State Society has held an annual 'Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival' in Arlington, Virginia since 2005. Every year in September the villages of Ozrem and Lunjevica in the