The year was 1986 and two people burned a human-sized, eight-foot tall sculpture on the San California’s Baker Beach as a small crowd watched the inaugural Burning Man.
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Today, thousands of people converge in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert each summer for around nine days in order to create an unofficial city that is famous for its communal lifestyle and bizarre exhibits of art and expression.
This is what you need you need to be aware of concerning Burning Man as authorities investigate the cause of death on Sunday. More over 70,000 revelers were advised to stay inside because heavy rains caused a challenge to get out of the deserted swamp site.
Dirty D of Los Angeles greets the sunrise after rolling in the mud at Burning Man. Like many Burning Man attendees, he adopted a playa name that he is known by all week, and declined to give the name he uses in the “default world.” 
Dirty D of Los Angeles greets the sunrise after rolling in the mud at Burning Man. Like many Burning Man attendees, he adopted a playa name that he is known by all week, and declined to give the name he uses in the “default world.” 
Shai Peza of Chicago frolics in the mud and water at Burning Man on Saturday.
What is the reason it’s being referred to as Burning Man?
The annual event that was cut off in 2021 and 2020 during the COVID-19 epidemic, took it’s name because of the massive sculpture known as The Man. The sculpture is burnt to end the celebration.
When did Burning Man start?
Burning Man started in 1986 when the founders Larry Harvey and Jerry James burned a human-shaped statue in Baker Beach in San Francisco.
In the 90s, Burning Man grew in popularity, and it was relocated into The Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
What do people do at Burning Man?
Tens of thousands, referred to as “Burners” journey to Nevada to create a type of utopia. They create villages and a medical center as well as an airport, and stages for performance.
Burning Man is all about self-expression, and rejecting capitalism and corporatism. Instead of relying on money, the attendees can barter, borrow and trade what they need.
The people create a temporary self-sustaining, self-sustaining group which (theoretically) leaves nothing behind or garbage after its conclusion. But, the camp has its own problems that include drug use arrests, sexual assaults and drug use.
