Burning Man Fans
This group is for anyone that has attended, wants to attend or wants to know why they should even know about the Burningman annual event and its social significance all year long and globally experienced. Refer to www.burningman.com for personal information education.
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Like to get a concise description of Burning Man, from someone who has attended
Return to Discussionscheck out my blogpost about it: https://activenaturists.net/2018/01/24/camp-gymnasium-at-burning-man-2017/
It requieres a lot of preparations and is quite expensive, but it's well worth it. The ticket price is actually comparable to major music festivals
Hi Keith
Pete here from the nude desert camping trip with Petroglyph viewing in May of 2015 that you joined. We just did the same trip again, great nude hiking but it got pretty windy, especially at night.
Speaking of windy, Burning Man usually gets very windy. I am going again to Burning Man this year, it will be my 5th time. So there is a ton of info on Burning Man, got to the official BM website, and of course the countless You Tube videos.
So are you thinking of going? Already have a ticket? We can get into more detail later but here are some brief thoughts:
1. Tickets, do you already have your ticket? The main sale already has passed so the only way to score a ticket is to take your chances and buy one on the secondary market (E-bay, Craigslist). Do not even think you can just show up at the gate with out a ticket.
2. The experience: Probably the best way to get an idea of what it is like is to watch some of the many excellent You Tube videos from past burns.
3. The weather: Often the wind blow (a lot) with very fine dust which will get EVERYWHERE, I have had temps up to 110 and down to freezing, so one must be prepared, oh and did I mention the wind? Those EZ-UP style canopies will be destroyed. Oh, did I mention the dust?
4. You will need to bring EVERYTHING you need for your time there, and of course leave no trace (think take with you all your trash)
5. And finally The 10 Principles
Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
Radical Self-reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.
Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.