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I wish I could go, does that count?This will be our second time, and since the first was ruined by a thievin' bastard, we're hoping this year will be better.
'Specially since we made 'em allow e-bikes!
(That'll teach 'em to screw up my burn with their silly rules!)
Anybody else going this year?
We might. We've never been. We have friends who go and we have seen pictures and heard stories.
I wish I could go, does that count?
You'll have to give me the scoop. Have fun when you go...
Peace
You know, I feel like I kind of "missed it."
By the time I got back into the country, I had sort of already let out all of the energy that would make me go to something like Burning Man, or a Rainbow Gathering for that matter. Too much of a cynic who doesn't like messing with my brain to do it anymore.
I did that sort of thing in my own way, I guess. And probably in a better way for me. Upon more careful consideration, I realized I am not the sort of person who would particularly want to deal with having sand in my knickers anyway.
From what I've seen of your posts here, you'd probably like the Rainbow Gathering better. Its more of a short term social experiment than a party. They build a whole community in the wilderness for a couple weeks then erase all traces of their presence.
They're a little Luddite for me, but its a genuine hippy paradise.
Ok...curiosity is getting the best of me... What is burning man??
Heh, well, if you stop at "social experiment" then I'd agree. That sounds interesting and I'd probably get all philosophical and ridiculous up in there. But I'm no hippie. Hippies think I've lost my way.
In the desert near Reno NV, upwards of 20,000 people get together for a cross between a rave and Thunderdome (Mad Max).
Happens on a dry lakebed, as there is MUCH fire. At night, "mutant vehicles", covered with lights and some shooting fire, drive around while music of various types plays. One of the vehicles is an articulated transit bus, disguised as a pirate ship with a dance floor on top.
I doubt there's anything like it in the world. Used to have a shooting gallery where you rode on the back of a truck and fired live rounds at targets as you rode through. No more guns now, and only "mutant" vehicles are allowed to drive around. Becoming more "commercial". Still worth checking out.
There's literally something for everybody. From an actual "Thunderdome" where you can do battle suspended from bungee cords just like in the movies, to a "monument" made entirely of elaborately scroll-cut plywood, where evetyone is enouraged to write or post pictures to "let go" of when it is burned to the ground.
The focal point, on the last night is the burning of a HUGE wooden man in the center of the circular event. Surrounded by fire dancers and other performers for hours before the "burn".
Can't really do it justice here, but there's LOTS online. I've got some video of nighttime there. If I can get the files small enough ill post it.
This will be our second time, and since the first was ruined by a thievin' bastard, we're hoping this year will be better.
'Specially since we made 'em allow e-bikes!
(That'll teach 'em to screw up my burn with their silly rules!)
Anybody else going this year?
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