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左左布拉 (Zozobra) 祭
地方性遗产
什么是左左布拉？这是「忧郁者」 (the
gloomy one) 的西班文。
新墨西哥州圣大非境内的吉瓦尼斯俱乐部 (Kiwanis
Club) 每年都会举办燃烧左左布拉的圣大非庆典 (Fiestas
de Santa Fe) ，左左布拉是一个忧郁老人的肖像或雕像，通常是不受欢迎的人物。对圣大非的人来说，忧郁老人代表了去年的艰辛及困难。他们焚烧忧郁老人来驱赶忧郁及带来更好的来年。焚烧是一种仪式或一种象征动作。
左左布拉是用树枝制成的巨大傀儡，覆盖着细铁丝及棉布 (muslin) ，而体内塞满了碎纸。制作左左布拉是一年一度的大计画，特别是因为它一年比一年大，1999年的傀儡足足有51英尺高！
当人们准备焚烧左左布拉时，它会挥舞它的手臂并低吼，而当舞者在它身旁舞动时，群众会喊出他们的坏运道，而这些坏运道会随着左左布拉一起离去。
What is Zozobra? It's the Spanish word for "the gloomy one."
Every year in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Kiwanis Club starts off the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe with the burning of Zozobra, an effigy of Old Man Gloom. An effigy is an image or figure that represents a person -- usually a disliked one. To the people of Santa Fe, Old Man Gloom represents the hardships and difficulties of the past year. They burn him in effigy to clear away the gloom and bring in a new, better year. The burning is a kind of ritual, or symbolic act.
Zozobra is a giant puppet made of sticks covered with chicken wire and muslin, a cotton fabric. He is stuffed with lots of shredded paper. Creating Zozobra every year is a big project, especially because he gets larger every year. In 1999, the effigy was 51 feet tall!
Zozobra waves his arms and growls as he is brought out to be burned. Dancers perform around him as the crowds yell for their bad luck -- and Zozobra -- to go away.
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