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The annual
event now known as Burning Man began as
a bonfire ritual on the summer solstice
in 1986 when Larry Harvey, Jerry James,
and a few friends met on Baker Beach in
San Francisco and burned a 9-foot (2.7-meter)
wooden man as well as a smaller wooden dog.
Harvey has described his inspiration for
burning these effigy figures as a spontaneous
act of radical self-expression. The Burning
Man Festival is August 27 to September 3.
In addition
to the burning of the Man, the burning of
a Temple has become an activity at the event.
With the Temple comes the return of David
Best. David planned the most detailed temple
he's ever built. The Temple of Juno incorporates
a large asian style central tower with three
accessible floors, and central altar space,
all sitting within a 150' x 150' walled
courtyard lined with benches, accessed from
four entrances. Intricately cut wooden panels
and shapes covered the courtyard walls as
well as the interior space and altars.
Burning Man
is a week-long annual event held in the
Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in
the United States. The event begins on the
last Monday in August, and ends on the first
Monday in September, which coincides with
the American Labor Day holiday. It takes
its name from the ritual burning of a large
wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The event
is described by many participants as an
experiment in community, art, radical self-expression,
and radical self-reliance.
Burning Man
is organized by Black Rock City, LLC. In
2010, 51,515 people attended Burning Man.
2011 attendance was capped at 50,000 participants
and the event sold out on July 24. In April
2011, Larry Harvey announced that the organization
had begun the process of transitioning management
of the festival over to a new non-profit
called the "Burning Man Project".
For , due
to the sellout of the event in 2011, the
BMOrg opted for a complex multi-round, random
selection system of ticket sales with a
separate low income program. On January
27, BMOrg announced that the number of tickets
requested in the Main Sale was around 120,000
vs the 40,000 that were available. In consequence
a significant number of registrants would
not be awarded tickets in the Main Sale.
The Main Sale was originally planned to
be followed by a secondary open sale of
10,000 tickets. However as the huge demand
from the Main Sale left many veteran burners
and theme camps without tickets, BMOrg opted
for a "directed ticket distribution"
instead, i.e. "manually redirect them
to some of the vital groups and collaborations
that make up Black Rock City" rather
than an open sale.
Because of
the variety of goals fostered by participatory
attendees, known as "Burners,"
Burning Man does not have a single focus.
Features of the event are subject to the
participants and include community, artwork,
absurdity, decommodification and revelry.
Participation is encouraged.
The Burning
Man event is governed by 10 principles,
which are radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification,
radical self-reliance, radical self-expression,
communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving
no trace, participation, and immediacy
Radical inclusion
- Anyone who can afford a ticket is gladly
welcomed and there are no prerequisites
to be part of Burning Man. All participants
are expected to provide for their own basic
needs and follow the minimal rules of the
event
Gifting -
Instead of cash, event participants are
encouraged to rely on a gift economy, a
sort of potlatch. In the earliest days of
the event, an underground barter economy
also existed, in which burners exchanged "favors"
with each other. While this was originally
supported by the Burning Man organization,
this is now largely discouraged. Instead,
burners are encouraged to give gifts to
one another unconditionally.
Decommodification
- No cash transactions are permitted between
attendees of the event, which is in accordance
with the principles of Burning Man. Cash
can be used for a select few charity, fuel
and sanitation vendors.
Radical self-reliance
- Because of the event's harsh environment
and remote location, participants are expected
to be responsible for their own subsistence.
Since the LLC forbids any commerce, participants
must be prepared and bring all their own
supplies with the exception of the items
stated in Decommodification.[
Radical
self-expression - Participants are encouraged
to express themselves in a number of ways
through various art forms and projects.
The event is clothing-optional and public
nudity is common, though not practiced by
the majority.
The event
is clothing-optional and public nudity is
fairly common, though not necessarily practiced
by the majority. Communal effort - Participants
are encouraged to work with and help fellow
participants. Civic responsibility - Participants
are encouraged to assume responsibility
and be part of a civil society in which
federal, state and local laws are obeyed
and communicate this to other participants.
"Leave
No Trace" - Participants are committed
to a "Leave No Trace" event. They
strive to leave the area around them in
better condition than before their arrival
to ensure that their participation does
not have a long-term impact on the environment.
Participation - Burning Man is about participation.
Immediacy - Participants are encouraged
to become part of the event, to experience
who and what is around them and to explore
their inner selves and their relation to
the event
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