All you should know about the Burning Man festival and where it will be held in 2023
The Burning Man Festival is a weekly festival where people gather every year to create a black rock city, a temporary city that serves as a modus of self-expression, freedom, self-reliance, and creativity.
In this festival, an effigy is burned every year, which is made of wood and represents “The Man. This festival attracts people from all walks of life, and it is popular among celebrities, entrepreneurs, etc. Here is everything you should know about the Burning Man festival: what it is about, where it is held.
What is the Burning Man festival?
The Burning Man Festival has been celebrated since 1986 when Larry Harvey and Jerry James built a human figurine and burned it on a San Francisco beach.
This method was followed by people, and it was .hifted to Black Rock City, wherein people started burning effigy on the final day, and it was regarded as “The Man The Burning Man festival highlights ten core principles on the basis of which people are brought together during this festival
The 10 principles include radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-relations, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation, and immediacy. The main agenda behind the Burning Man festival is to bring about change in the world in spiritual aspects as well.
Where is it held in 2023?
The Burning Man Festival will be celebrated from August 27th to September 4, 2023, in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a temporary city that is created every year dedicated to building community, becoming self-reliant, and expressing one’s self.
The location of the Burning Man festival is far from big cities, so the area is known as “Wet Playa” due to the heavy rain. This year, thousands of attendees were stuck because of the heavy rain, and they were asked to conserve food and other resources as they had to shut down the gates due to the heavy rainfall.
Burning Man festival goods are for sale, and there are facilities offered to guests, and they have to survive on their own by using all the facilities. This year, the Burning Man festival became messy due to uncontrollable rain.
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