Black Rock, Nevada

theme:festivals and celebrations, burning man festival, burning man, burning man photos, the burning man, black rock nevada, black rock desert, playa desert, playa nevada, art, free spirit, crazy, festival The event is described by organizers as an experiment in community, radical self expression, and radical self reliance. 0 226 Fri Dec 28 20:40:53 +0000 2007 1 The Burning Man Festival ends on the American Labor Day Holiday in September. If you have the opportunity to take in this experience, be sure to enjoy the main event of burning the 70ft wooden effigy! Artistic Awakening at the Burning Man Festival 11 40.753441 -119.239769 If you are a first timer to the Burning Man Festival there is a lot of reading on how best to prepare. The Burning Man Festival has several rules some of which are as follows; leave no trace i.e. waste, no transportation by vehicle within the camps, and no commerce as they operate on a gift economy. A good way of keeping in the loop for developments on this event is signing up for their newsletter the Jack Rabbit Speaks. Experience an artistic awakening at the Burning Man Festival held annually in Black Rock City Nevada. Burning Man burning-man-festival Fri Dec 28 20:40:53 +0000 2007 Despite a rather ominous name, the 8 day long Burning Man festival is an extremely peaceful gathering of artistically open individuals. The Burning Man festivities take place in Black Rock City, a temporary community on an ancient lake bed also known as the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Regardless of Burning Man Festival's temporary status it boasts a remarkable population, with over 47,366 dwellers in 2007, making it the third largest city in Nevada. Burning Man Festival is described by organizers as an experiment in community, radical self expression, and radical self reliance. Each year founder Larry Harvey creates a theme as a way of joining individual contributions together on a higher scale, which in 2009 is “Evolution”. The motto "No Spectators” has garnered works from individuals ranging from large scale installations, gifts, costumes, dramatic theatre, down to home made banners. The most gratifying and freeing aspect of the Burning Man Festival is that there are no rules about how one must behave or how they choose to express themselves. This mentality is the backbone to the consistently high levels of art that is created here and unmatched in the world arena. Thu Aug 27 19:05:41 +0000 2009 6 22 burning-man-festival 100 13