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Zozobra (also known as Old Man Gloom and sometimes branded as Will Shuster's Zozobra) is a giant marionette effigy constructed of wood, wire and cotton cloth that is built and burned on the Friday of Labor Day weekend prior to the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. It stands 50 ft 6 in (15.39 m) high.
The couple are retired and enjoy visiting new places to attend festivals. They learned about the Zozobra tradition when browsing the internet. In town for five days, they've got their tickets and ...
The burning of Zozobra at fiesta. The start of Fiestas is marked by the beginning of the Novena masses, which start during the Knighting and Coronation of Don Diego de Vargas and La Reina de Santa Fe in which a procession which takes La Conquistadora from the Cathedral Basilica to the Rosario Chapel, at Rosario Cemetery in Santa Fe.
Aug. 27—A hybrid of ghost and monster, in the early days, Zozobra consisted of a 6-foot tall telephone pole wrapped in muslin stuffed with tumbleweeds. The artist Gustave Baumann created his head.
The annual event kicks off one week before Will Shuster's Burning of Zozobra, which takes place on Friday, Sept. 1. ZozoFest was put in place to celebrate all things Zozobra. The three-day event ...
Film festivals in New Mexico (6 P) M. ... Zozobra This page was last edited on 10 June 2017, at 18:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Aug. 18—Villanueva — Jes Márquez turned the cowboy boot over in her hands, pointing out the inlay details — an animal skull, a yucca plant, a mission church. It's a mostly orange boot ...
1921 — New Mexico Snow Country; October 1922 — The Eve of Saint Francis; 1924 — Zozobra, a giant puppet now burned every year in effigy, and symbolizing the gloom of the passing year. 1927 — New Mexico Mountain Scene; 1928 — Portrait of John Sloan; 1929 —The Santo Domingo - Corn Dance; c. 1930 — Trees at Canyoncito