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thumb|Monstration signs are meant to be nonsensical, like "Raccoons are people too!"

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thumb|Monstration signs are meant to be nonsensical, like "Raccoons are people too!"

A monstration is a public performance similar to a demonstration but intended as creative performance art, often parodying a serious demonstration. The term was coined by Russian artist Ivan Dyrkin in 2004, and the phenomenon has been most popular in Russia.

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