Jewish billy goat, 2011
The Jewish goat ( Swede. Julbocken i Gävle or Gävlebocken ) is a huge straw-made figure of a fairy goat that accompanies the Swedish Christmas character Yulebukka . A goat is erected every year for two days at the beginning of Advent on Castle Square ( Swede. Slottstorget ) in the center of Gävle . The Jewish goat became famous due to the fact that almost every year hooligans attempt to burn it.
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History
Jewish goat, 2009
The story of the Yevskiy Kozl dates back to 1966, when Stig Havlen got the idea to build an enlarged version of Yulebukk and install it in the city center. The first Yevskiy Goat was 13 meters high, 7 meters long and weighed about 3 tons. It was set on fire by unknown people on New Year's Eve. Since then, attempts to set fire to a goat have become an unofficial tradition; on November 28, 2016, it was burned for the 29th time [1] .
Timeline
Partially Burned Goat, 1998
- 1966 : The goat was erected for the first time. Burnt on New Year's Eve. The intruder was found and convicted of vandalism [2] .
- 1968 : The goat survived. Until this year, there was no fence around him, and children could freely play around and inside him.
- 1969 : Burned out on New Year's Eve [2] .
- 1970 : The goat burned out just 6 hours after it was installed. Thanks to financial donations, it was built anew, only reeds were used instead of straw.
- 1971 : Destroyed.
- 1972 : Destroyed [2] .
- 1974 : Burned [2] .
- 1976 : Shot down by a truck.
- 1978 : Destroyed [2] .
- 1979 : Burned before they even finished building it. New was impregnated with a special substance that prevents ignition. However, it was destroyed.
- 1980 : Burned on Christmas night [2] .
- 1982 : Burned December 13 [2] .
- 1983 : Legs were destroyed [2] .
- 1984 : Burned December 12 [2] .
- 1985 : A metal fence 2 meters high was installed around the goat. Burned out in January [2] .
- 1986 : Burned out the day before Christmas [2] .
- 1987 : Although it was well protected from fire, it burned out a week before Christmas.
- 1989 : Burned out before it was finished. A new Goat was built, but it burned down in January [2] .
- 1990 : Nothing happened. This time the goat was guarded by volunteers [2] .
- 1991 : Burned out on Christmas morning [2] .
- 1992 : Burned out after 8 days. A new one was built, which was burned the next day. The next Goat was burned on December 20. The offender was caught and sent to prison [2] .
- 1995 : A Norwegian citizen was arrested for attempting arson. The goat burned out on Christmas morning [2] .
- 1997 : Damaged by fireworks.
- 1998 : Burned down on December 11.
- 1999 : Burned out 2 hours after it was erected [2] .
- 2000 : Burned out two days before the new year [2] .
- 2001 : 51-year-old US citizen Lawrence Jones was arrested for arson. At the trial, he stated that he considered the arson of the Goat officially permitted, but was sentenced to 18 days in prison and a fine of 100 thousand Swedish kronor (about 15 thousand US dollars)
- 2002 : A 22-year-old Stockholm resident tried to set fire to the Goat, but the attempt was unsuccessful.
- 2003 : Burned down on December 12 [2] .
- 2004 : Burned down on December 21 [2] .
- 2005 : Set ablaze by unknown vandals dressed in Santa Claus costumes.
- 2006 : Attempts were made to set fire to the Goat, but all of them were unsuccessful.
- 2007 : Destroyed December 13th. A new Goat was erected, with which nothing happened.
- 2008 : Burned down on December 27.
- 2009 : Burned down on December 23.
- 2010 : Attempts were made to burn a goat, but all of them were unsuccessful.
- 2011 : Burned out early on the morning of December 2.
- 2012 : It was burned on December 12th.
- 2013 : Despite being treated with flame retardants, it burned down on December 21.
- 2014 : A large number of visitors were attracted to the statue to prevent the act of vandalism, and she remained unharmed for the fourth time in history. After Christmas, the goat was supposed to be presented at the celebration of the new year in China [3] .
- 2015 : Burned down on December 27. One suspect was arrested [4] [5] .
- 2016 : Burnt on November 28 - an unknown threw a bottle of combustible mixture into the goat [6] .
- 2017 : Nothing happened.
- 2018 : Thanks to round-the-clock security, double fence and broadcast via webcams [7] , the goat remained unscathed for the second year in a row.
Notes
- ↑ Bocken i Gävle har brunnit ned
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Gävle CityGuide - Sevärdheter & Turistinformation i Gävle (3) Archived June 13, 2016 to Wayback Machine (Swedish)
- ↑ Fabulous Jewish goat survived Christmas and leaves for China on New Year's Eve (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 2, 2015. Archived January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Julbocken i Gävle har brunnit - en gripen (Swedish)
- ↑ In Sweden, the Christmas goat was again burned , Lenta.ru news site (December 27, 2015). Date of treatment December 27, 2015.
- ↑ Christmas goat in Sweden celebrated its 50th anniversary and burned out again (November 28, 2016). Date of treatment November 28, 2016.
- ↑ Will the Jewish goat survive this year? (Russian) (unopened) ? . justnu.ru (December 24, 2018). Date of treatment January 5, 2019.
Links
- The Jewish Goat on Twitter (Swedish )
- Official Blog (Swedish )
- The official page of the Gentile Goat (Swedish)
- Goat 2009 on the BBC website
- Goat burning in 2013 on YouTube