Burning Man Festival: History of the Celebration

This annual festival combines music, art, ritual and a sense of kinship with a spectacular and large-scale celebration. But once the week is up, it all goes up in flames. http://www.WatchMojo.com learns about the Burning Man Festival.

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• Nevada
• San Francisco
• Black Rock City
• radical self expression
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• fire
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[ZombieWantsLuv]

@xmy254 last to get laid

[0bviousTr0ll]

i would paint myself and walk around naked

[47YearOldNamedSteve]

Somebody should bomb it and kill all those fucking hippies!

[vance370]

in 2012 im going to fly my plane their and land it in the desert

[gronker2]

@godslander Our prisons are overflowing with murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals. I believe that it is time to continue human sacrifices with those social deviants. But then, would that be considered sub-human sacrifice?

[TheMightyLu]

@electrickithara you have no idea...

[MrDasistgudyah]

dont worry the celts will be there for burning

2012



[godslander]

I'm sure it's fun. But a week, in the desert? Not my cup of tea. But the tradition of burning a man is historically a pagan ritual. Druids, ancient Celts did this. Some cults used wicker effigies and placed living people inside to burn. (I know the founders deny there is any pagan connection. That denial is somewhat laughable. But the founders and attendees have to deny this or else it would not be unique or special to their creation.)l.)

[electrickithara]

Looks like a lot of air pollution.

[rlt34]

@swellclimber haha virgin

[Ketabiscuit]

I need to be there.

[aikidoisthebombyeah]

@swellclimber straight up