The burning Zozobra is the kick-off to our annual Fiestas, celebrating the founding of Santa Fe. My city pride never gets higher! Zozobra himsef is Old Man Gloom, and by burning him we burn all the gloom of the previous year.
What happened instead was that I ran ahead of my friends to try to get into the park where the burning happens, failed, and watched from the outside, meeting a woman who is usually a Fire Dancer in the event. We both felt like outsiders and watched Zozobra from the outside. We screamed and shouted as he burned and it was kind of wonderful. Afterwards, a whole bunch of old friends came to my house for ice cream, wine, and sparkling pomegranite juice.
Que Viva la Fiesta!
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