Helsinki, Finland: a snowman being burned symbolically
5 November, 2006 - 11:30 — images2006
Fire art group Tulikansa performing at the Senate square in Helsinki, Finland on Nov 4th. A snowman made of chicken wire and paper was burned as a symbol of global warming threatening Nordic cultural and ecosystem conditions. The snowmen demonstrated globally in 2005 and 2006, see www.maanystavat.fi/lumiukot.
See www.ilmastomarssi.org/galleria for more pictures and www.ilmastomarssi.org/pr-2006-11-04.php for the press release from Finland.
Photo taken by Timo Puohiniemi.