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They’ve been burning Zozobra in Santa Fe since the 20s. Not a music thing per se, but a symbolic burning. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zozobra

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In fact the annual burning of Zozobra took place last night! Around 27m in: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WpGpa_nLTEs

I miss Zozobra. Been some 20 years since I lived is Santa Fe. Don't recall it being covered on TV like this back then. Seems like more attending too.

But yeah, I suspect the idea for burning man must have originated with Zozobra.

Well it goes quite a bit further than that, and it’s celebrated in other parts of the state (I remember burning of Zozobra in Farmington in early 90s)

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