Burning Man Festival 2010

The much liked and famous festival of Nevada, where over 48,000 people come together to celebrate, is again around the corner. It’s starting from August 30 to September 6, 2010. Burning Man is held every year on the Nevada Playa called Black Rock Desert.

People who have been to the burning man have had totally different experience. The visitors said they have been transformed and found meaning to their life. As it said that, it is an end and new start to the journey of Burning Man.

In order to understand the festival, you need to visit and participate in it. While being there, you will realize you are building a new community and your contribution to it is as important as anyone.

You will be motivated to survive. Exposed to the 107 degree of heat and within few minutes your body will start to dehydrated. At that moment, you will even reconsider to drink alcohol you brought with you. The festival is held purposely to such setting of location so visitors would have a mind altering experience. They go through the harshness of life and know hardship of living.

You are, at this point, to create as well as experience. In Burning Man event, everyone is part of the community formed here, so no one is a spectator. Come and experience a different life that is beyond racial discrimination and teaches you self-reliance. Who knows you might even find your soul mate and sit underneath a parasol.

In Burning Man, you do burn a man imitation carved out of the wood. The entire environment, at that moment, is different and it feels like an epiphany, beginning of new start. The experience brings an individual to a complete different level of understanding.

At the end of the festival of Burning Man, the community formed is dismantled. Whatever you built it with and used, leaves with you. The entire location is left without leaving a trace of your existence here. The desert is left in its pristine condition.

Though you won’t leave any trace, wastes, and things, you brought with you here, however, you will leave with a world you created. On your way back to home, you will have new hopes and different outlook towards life. You will completely be transformed from the previous you. As it is said – burning man journey at its end is a new beginning.

Keep In Mind:

You need to bring enough food and water with you. As environment will be scorching warm. You won’t need currency for anything else but coffee and ice. Normally cars are not allowed, if you have a mutant or built it for a purpose; you can bring it on the field. Try to bring a bicycle with you, great way to explore 400 square mile stretch of settlement. You won’t get bored as musical, dancing, arts performance, mud wrestling and raves, is also held to entertain the participants.

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