Attend Burning Man, Nevada

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In 1986 Larry Harvey and Jerry James constructed an 8-foot man out of wood and set it on fire at Baker Beach in San Francisco, California. They did it again the following year doubling the size of the man that they would burn. In 1988, they dubbed the now 30-foot tall structure “Burning Man.” There were about 200 people at the beach watching it burn. This was the origin of Burning Man. In 1990, the man was built in San Francisco and transported to Black Rock Desert, Nevada to burn with over 800 people watching. The following year, the Black Rock Desert became the official home of the Burning Man event, which takes place annually around Labor Day weekend. Experiencing Burning Man is more than just watching the “man” burn on the Saturday night of Labor Day weekend. It is an art and lifestyle event unlike any other. For months prior, people planning on attending create and build various art installations that will be transported and setup at Burning Man. The week leading up to the “burn” people with tickets to the event set up camp on the Playa and in the minimal city infrastructure built annually for the event that is Black Rock City. During the week people live together in a cash-free society where no vending is allowed. They survive on what they bring with them (food, water, art, shelter), experience art, make trades, and meet new people. At the end of the week, the man burns and the next day there’s an exodus from the Black Rock Desert with people bringing out everything they brought in leaving no trace behind. The event that started with 20 people watching a guy burn a man on the beach has grown to over 50,000 attendants and was sold out for the first time last year. Tickets for the event go on sale as early as November for the following year – so plan ahead.

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