Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 burning of Zozobra will follow around 9 p.m., depending on the weather. ... In town for five days, they've got their tickets and some Old Man Gloom merchandise — a Zozobra T-shirt.
Aug. 30—In 1974, a relatively strapping Bill Loshbough, then 34, lent his mind and muscle for 16 hours as a volunteer to ensure the 50th anniversary edition of Zozobra went off without a hitch.
Take a look back to see how the Burning Man effigy has evolved over the event's 37-year-long history.
A custom "special shape" hot-air balloon depicting Old Man Gloom — also set to fly at Zozobra's 100th birthday event — is one of more than a dozen special projects the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe ...
Zozobra was an American sludge metal band that was first conceived by Caleb Scofield during 2006. He was joined by Santos Montano for the band's first release, Harmonic Tremors , in 2007. Early Zozobra recordings had a lot in common with the experimental-hardcore of Old Man Gloom and symbolically shares a synonymous name.
The name Burning Man comes from the giant wooden structure, among many other large sculptures that pepper the barren landscape, and disappears into a roaring fire that marks the end of the festival.