20,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE BURNING OF THE TEMPLE

written by John March 21, 2015

AROUND 20,000 people are expected to turn up this evening at the site of the Temple to watch it go up in flames.

SDLP Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey said the artwork should give food for thought to those behind the traditional bonfires in July and Augustto think again.

“It really is a fantastic work, decorating one of the finest vistas in the city.

“David Best is to be commended for bringing people together in a spirit of harmony and rebirth and that cannot be bad.

“Personally I couldn’t help but think of how we could use the event to better our future.

“The Temple has proved that the capability exists to organise, build and steward/police a bonfire which will attract thousands of people.

“Yet unlike the usual aftermath of August 15 there will be no drunk children, no destruction of people’s property, the community will not be under siege, not held to ransom by a sizeable minority who insist on fires, no stealing of wood or tyres to burn and resulting in no environmental damage.”

Tags:

Thousands of people have thronged to the site all week at the top of Bard’s Hill in the Waterside to take stock of the 70 ft structure designed by the artist David Best.

He says the idea behind the project to Northern Ireland and setting fire to it was to turn the traditional view of bonfires on its head.

Instead, the artist hoped that instead of being divisive they can be a symbol that unites the two communities.

20,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE BURNING OF THE TEMPLE

AROUND 20,000 people are expected to turn up this evening at the site of the Temple to watch it go up in flames.

Thousands of people have thronged to the site all week at the top of Bard’s Hill in the Waterside to take stock of the 70 ft structure designed by the artist David Best.

He says the idea behind the project to Northern Ireland and setting fire to it was to turn the traditional view of bonfires on its head.

Instead, the artist hoped that instead of being divisive they can be a symbol that unites the two communities.

LEAVE A COMMENT

You may also like