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4 unusual facts about Zozobra


Zozobra

Additionally, two of the members of Old Man Gloom have since formed another side project called Zozobra, releasing the albums Harmonic Tremors and Bird of Prey.

William Howard Shuster, Jr. came up with the idea of creating the effigy, also called Old Man Gloom, and ritual burning.

The Zozobra that was burned on September 7, 2007, was certified by Guinness World Records as the largest marionette in the world, measuring 15.21 m (49.11 ft) in height.

In the 1990 film Catchfire, Jodie Fosters character watches a small version of Zozobra being burned in a small plaza in Taos, NM.



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