Nice feature at Smithsonian about the annual burning of Zozobra in Sante Fe. Zozobra is a "gloomy man" figure on whom people are supposed to dump their sorrows, so that his burning turns them into smoke. The ideas behind this ritual are ancient, but this particular festival only goes back 86 years.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Zozobra
Nice feature at Smithsonian about the annual burning of Zozobra in Sante Fe. Zozobra is a "gloomy man" figure on whom people are supposed to dump their sorrows, so that his burning turns them into smoke. The ideas behind this ritual are ancient, but this particular festival only goes back 86 years.
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