. TODD: THE FIRE SPIRIT IS ZOZOBRA’S ARCH-ENEMY. DRESSED IN ALL RED, ARMED WITH A PAIR OF BLAZING TORCHES, WHE YOU SEE THE DANCER, YOU KNOW ZOZOBRA’S REIGN OF TERROR IS ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES. BUT ...

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SEVEN NEWS. ZOZOBRA GOES UP IN FLAMES FRIDAY NIGHT. AND AT THE HEART OF THIS FIERY RITUAL IS A POWERFUL FIGURE KNOWN AS THE FIRE SPIRIT. TONIGHT, ALL DAY BRINGS US THE STORY OF A TORCH BEING PASSED ...

Can you dance in the dark up and down a set of stairs while holding torches before a crowd of 65,000 people, with a massive bogeyman looming behind you? Organizers of the annual burning of Zozobra are ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Old Man Gloom will soon meet his fiery fate but soon he will have a new arch nemesis as the current Fire Dancer is passing the torch. The current dancer is retiring in 2027, which ...

Taiwanese fire dancer Yang Li-wei caught the world’s attention with her blazing performance on Britain’s Got Talent in February. But for Yang, this “dangerous and captivating” spectacle is about more ...

Taiwanese fire dancer Yang Li-wei (楊立微) advanced to the final of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday, after receiving a Golden Buzzer during her live semi-final performance. Yang, a member of Taiwan's ...

Family members used to tell a young Than Povi Martinez they could envision her one day dancing around the skirts of Zozobra. Each year, as the scene would unfold at Fort Marcy Ballpark for the annual ...