The Tonca is an annual event that takes place in Trento, Italy on June 19th, and it involves a ceremony in which a local politician is chosen by a ceremonial jury to be punished for committing the year's worst blunder. The punishment for the chosen politician is to be locked in a cage and dunked in the river Adige, which flows through the city of Trento. The process of … [Read more...] about The Tonca: Trento’s Annual Event of Politicians’ Public Punishment