Burning Man is an event that is held every year in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada, USA.
Burning Man starts the Monday before, and ends on the day of, the American Labor Day. The event is named after the ritual of burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening.
It began as a bonfire ritual on the summer solstice in 1986 when a group of friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco and burned an 8-foot (2.4-meter) wooden man as well as a smaller wooden dog. Later they described the inspiration of burning these effigy figures as spontaneous act of radical self-expression.
You will get a better idea of the craziness of the festival if you watch the short movie.
In 2008 there were 49 600 people that took part in the event.
Aerial view of the camp
Burning Man 2005
Human mousetrap
Thunderdome
Flaming Lotus Girls
Dancing around the fire
The neon tubbed man
Tags: Black Rock Desert, Burning Man festival, Nevada
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Very colourfull blog and a lot of interesting photo.
cheers.
Cheers to all the people that I met at the Burning Man festival this year. I had wonderful time. Take care!
Chris from Amsterdam
please write about other interesting festivals and events around the world
Thanks