23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Lewes Bonfire Parade

Lewes Bonfire is a huge annual torchlit parade which is both an act of remembrance and of resistance. Participants march in costumes recalling centuries of wars and, as these women depict, honouring the dead. Later they burn effigies of perceived villains on bonfires on surrounding hills.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Lewes, United Kingdom
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Jackie Slater