Uploaded September 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Zozobra, or 'Old Man Gloom', is burned at the stake on September 9th, 2010 in Santa Fe, NM.
Since 1952, the show has raised over $300,000, which the Santa Fe Downtown Kiwanis Foundation has used to provide college scholarships, fund local youth projects and camp fees for physically challenged children.
Each year The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe stages the burning of Will Shuster's Zozobra, kicking off the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe on the weekend following Labor Day. Zozobra centers around the ritual burning in effigy of Old Man Gloom, or Zozobra, to dispel the hardships and travails of the past year.
Zozobra, or 'Old Man Gloom', is burned at the stake on September 9th, 2010 in Santa Fe, NM.
Since 1952, the show has raised over $300,000, which the Santa Fe Downtown Kiwanis Foundation has used to provide college scholarships, fund local youth projects and camp fees for physically challenged children.
Each year The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe stages the burning of Will Shuster's Zozobra, kicking off the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe on the weekend following Labor Day. Zozobra centers around the ritual burning in effigy of Old Man Gloom, or Zozobra, to dispel the hardships and travails of the past year.
