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| Indian Market is a must for many tourists. It usually happens the third weekend of August. It is a time where the entire down town area (the Plaza) is turned into a market place where Native Americans (and others) set up booths to sell their artwork. There are many beautiful things to see and buy, much of it is expensive though. The best part of Indian market is the Indian tacos, which is basically a fry bread with pinto beans, lettuce, tomato, onion, and sometimes green chile, but doesn't come around town very often so it is a treat. The worst part about Indian is that the small city of Santa Fe doubles in size during this weekend. Most locals who aren't selling things become hermits for this weekend to avoid the mayham.
Green Chile is a must if you come to New Mexico. The state question is "Red or Green (or x-mas)" meaning on your food, do you want red or green chile. You can reply either "red" or "green" or "christmas." If you answer "huh?" to this question, it is a dead give away that you are a tourist. New Mexico, especially Santa Fe, prides itself on its hatch green chile. Santa Feans roast it them selves and the smell can be followed to various parking lots where it is being freshly roasted in the fall. Most locals have the hatch green chile in large amounts being preserved in their freezers. Many people who leave Santa Fe get the green chile shiped to them where they move to because once you have it, you simply can't live without it. Keep in mind, "chili" is not the same is "chile." This chile is not the beans and meat stewish thing that many people in the US associate with "chile," this is the plant, and can range from mild to very spicy, but delicious no matter how you have it.
Fiesta. After all the tourists go home after Indian market, the locals play! Fiesta is the word for "party." There is a week of festivites. A royal court is elected with a king and queen and a sleu of princesses and princes. There is a pet parade where people who have pets dress up (and their pets too) and throw candy at the people watching the parade. The big event however is Zozobra also known as "old man gloom."Zozobra is a 30ft puppet, that is burned in Marcy park every year (and always has a different color of hair). People send write on paper things they want to let go of in their lives, sadness, bad habits, etc, and these things are stuffed into Zozobra's dress. There is a whole ritual, with a fire dancer(s), sound effects, and more, leading to Zozobra burning with eveyone's glooms burning with him.
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