What you need to know before you go to Burning Man
Travels / / December 19, 2019
One of the most famous music festivals and is perhaps one of the most unusual cultural events on the planet. It is said that after his life changing. But first things first…
One of the most famous music festivals and is perhaps one of the most unusual cultural events on the planet. It is said that after his life changing. But first things first…
Tens of thousands of people among the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, moving on fancy vehicles and dressed in the most incredible costumes. They dance, give concerts, perform crazy tricks and create works of contemporary art. This is more than a festival, it's a lifestyle and a way to express to the fullest. In other words, it is Burning Man.
10 principles of the festival
- radical inclusion
- donation
- Decommodification
- radical self-sufficiency
- radical self-expression
- community efforts
- A responsibility
- Trackless
- Participation
- Here and now
The festival is held annually since 1986 at the end of August. This year the festival date - 25 August - 1 September.
How to participate
The organizers of the Burning Man do not support passive participation in the festival, so every participant has to contribute to the event by presenting their work of art, a concert or other performance.
To buy tickets, you need to up on the site and fill out a questionnaire, which briefly present their project to the festival. Only then you can submit a request for the purchase of tickets.
How to get to Burning Man: By plane to San Francisco, then shuttle to the festival (the transfer price of 40 euros per person).
AccommodationAll participants live at the camp.
Why did tens of thousands of people every year looking forward to this unusual event to 8 days to live in a tent in the desert?
20 Things You Need to Know About Burning Man: a review of witnesses
- Dust is able to penetrate everywhere.
- Your parents and the parents of your friends are only a small part of all possible kinds of adult life.
- How strong and hopeless dependence of most members of society.
- You can not imagine how much meaning can be put into the suit.
- Waiting in line at the entrance can turn into dancing, if you knew that you were waiting at the gate.
- Art object can make you want to quit work and spend the rest of his life with the welding torch in his hand.
- Boredom - it's always your fault.
- This trip could change your life forever.
- Camping can radically change your relationship with the people with whom you are always traveling.
- You will not be bothered by the fact that you take a shower only 2-3 times a week.
- You need a bicycle. You just exhausted myself trying to walk everywhere, and the word is one of the art car - it's a real stroke of luck.
- There are no garbage containers. And there is no waste. Each visitor cleans up after itself and takes the packets themselves.
- You will realize that have never experienced anything like it, even if your life is connected with art.
- People bring a lot of things with them. In fact, they build a city in the desert.
- There is always noisy. If you come at 3 o'clock in the night, do not worry that you'll wake the neighbors.
- In fact, you need a lot less sleep than you thought.
- You will visit a parallel reality right here on planet Earth.
- Even such an occupation as washing dishes can cause the feeling that you are taking part in the achievement of a higher goal.
- You can feel safe and secure at 3 am in the middle of a dark street, filled with 50,000 drunken strangers.
- The desert could be so beautiful.
Facts taken from Quora respondents (here).
Personally, I have this festival occupies a separate item in the list of activities that I want to visit. Tell us what you think about Burning Man, and what activities are on your wish list.
A photo: official website Burning Man Festival