Image: Zozobra (50308876113)
Description: Watched the annual burning of Zozobra tonight. Zozobra ("Old Man Gloom") is a 50 feet (15 m) high giant marionette effigy that is built and burned during the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico and marks the Fiestas' start. As his name suggests, he embodies gloom; by burning him, people destroy the worries and troubles of the previous year in the flames. Anyone with an excess of gloom is encouraged to write down the nature of his or her gloom on a slip of paper and leave it in the "gloom box" found in the offices of the Santa Fe Reporter in the weeks leading up to the burn.
Title: Zozobra (50308876113)
Credit: Zozobra
Author: Ron Frazier from Bloomington IL, United States
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