yeah all ive been able to find out about as far as american predecessors to burning man is zozobra...and its quite a predecessor...over 80 years of zozobra so far.

I am wondering about the history of the tradition of burning things that look like a person. the history of burning man beyond 1986 on the beach. i became interested in burning man because i learned of its existence shortly after seeing the burning of zozobra in santa fe, nm. in santa fe they burn a...