"When, out of curiosity, Leila Cader and her friends entered the gardens surrounding Castel Sant'Angelo, a prominent Rome monument that once served as a refuge for popes during times of war, they thought they'd chanced upon an enchanting winter wonderland. With the scent of mulled wine wafting through the air, Santa's elves wandering around, stalls selling nativity-scene figurines and skaters merrily gliding on an ice-rink, it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas."
"That was until they got to the bullometro, or bullyometer, a long blue billboard featuring face cutouts of various people, and twigged that something was amiss. Cader, an American on an internship in Rome, and her friends had found themselves at Atreju, an annual week-long festival organised by Brothers of Italy, the far-right party of the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. We had no idea it was political."
Leila Cader and friends entered the gardens around Castel Sant'Angelo and found mulled wine, Santa's elves, nativity stalls and an ice rink. They then saw a long blue 'bullometro' billboard with face cutouts and realised the event was political. The event was Atreju, a week-long festival organised by Brothers of Italy, the far-right party of prime minister Giorgia Meloni. The bullometro reportedly rates hateful comments from leftwing opponents directed at Meloni's government, scoring contenders from one for originality to ten for spite. Critics mentioned included Maurizio Landini and Brian Molko, and an upside-down image of US activist Charlie Kirk captioned 'one less, today is less dark' echoed Mussolini's death and provoked controversy after his assassination.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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