The collage shows one of the oldest celebrations in La Plata: The burning of dolls at night on 31st December.
People build the dolls of cardboard, paper and wood, inside the dolls people hide fireworks. In the night of December 31st, in the early hours of the January 1st, the dolls are burned up and the fireworks are lighted and illuminate this night of celebration.
Several months before that night people start to think about what character or subject will be represented. Just then the construction begins.
This celebration is an institution in the city, every year the municipality of La Plata rewards those who built the best doll of the city with a cash prize.
