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左左布拉 (Zozobra) 祭
地方性遺產
什麼是左左布拉？這是「憂鬱者」 (the
gloomy one) 的西班文。
新墨西哥州聖大非境內的吉瓦尼斯俱樂部 (Kiwanis
Club) 每年都會舉辦燃燒左左布拉的聖大非慶典 (Fiestas
de Santa Fe) ，左左布拉是一個憂鬱老人的肖像或雕像，通常是不受歡迎的人物。對聖大非的人來說，憂鬱老人代表了去年的艱辛及困難。他們焚燒憂鬱老人來驅趕憂鬱及帶來更好的來年。焚燒是一種儀式或一種象徵動作。
左左布拉是用樹枝製成的巨大傀儡，覆蓋著細鐵絲及棉布 (muslin) ，而體內塞滿了碎紙。製作左左布拉是一年一度的大計畫，特別是因為它一年比一年大，1999年的傀儡足足有51英尺高！
當人們準備焚燒左左布拉時，它會揮舞它的手臂並低吼，而當舞者在它身旁舞動時，群眾會喊出他們的壞運道，而這些壞運道會隨著左左布拉一起離去。
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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