Burning Zozobra

Each year, in a frenzied show of flames, fireworks, dance and music Santa Fe torches the year's sorrows by cheering the flaming demise of Old Man Gloom. Zozobra is a 5-story tall growling, groaning symbol of darkness, transformed into heat, light and a pile of ashes by the evening events.

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[kissfool]

Zozobra is egalitarian, bringing the community together to banish the dross of the previous year. Burning Man is an excuse for posers to get wasted and hump.

[clemenza1234]

Burning man, is, has and always will be an excuse for dirty hippies to walk around naked and fuck on acid.  No culture, no spiritual worth, no divinity, a cultural fucking wasteland.

Zozobra is steeped in years of history, and so, is more noble, meaningful, and fulfilling. Great vid :)

[Sublime2010Ya]

love love love this time of year! im 16 and ive been going since i was a baby :)

[blackeyedsoonsin]

< 3 Santa Fe and Zozobra.

old man glooooommmm

[GeorgeTSLC]

towertooth: There's a pause button, ya know.

[towertooth456]

i cant see it because the camera keeps changing so freaking fast....

[Neko Saint]

i wanna but i not gonna be able to make it but this is awsome!

[PrussianPrincess09]

I grew up seeing it every year, I moved out of state for college, and fiestas are what I look forward to the most about moving back!!!!!!! When I show this to my friends they tebd to get really wierded out, lol

[Harijan]

one of the coolest things. ever.

[newmexicoboy]

FUCK YEAH! god i miss this.