Mother Time-Keeper, the Grim Reaper and the dawn Cockerel, along with numerous smaller paper lanterns signifying time and various other pagan symbols, some possibly commemorating individuals who have died recently, parade through the lanes of Brighton celebrating the end of the old astronomical year (the grim reaper) and the dawn of the new (the cockerel), on their way to being burnt in a communal bonfire on the beach.
Mother Time-Keeper, the Grim Reaper and the dawn Cockerel, along with numerous smaller paper lanterns signifying time and various other pagan symbols, some possibly commemorating individuals who have died recently, parade through the lanes of Brighton celebrating the end of the old astronomical year (the grim reaper) and the dawn of the new (the cockerel), on their way to being burnt in a communal bonfire on the beach.