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By: Because it combines camping (which I hate) with hot temperatures (which I hate) with raves (which I hate) with what sounds like atrocious installation art (which I hate) … with 40,000 people who like all these things so much that they’d go to Nevada f

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:20:25 +0000

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By: Hedmekanik

Hedmekanik — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:30:26 +0000

Once a year on a baking hot plain in the middle of nowhere, a temporary city takes shape as an eclectic community numbering thousands of artists, makers, movers, shakers and doers gathers. Together they create a beautiful cacophony of structures, spaces, artpieces, music and mobile art. For all their differences, they are the same – all of them come looking for something more in a place where they are able to unleash their creativity through radical self-expression whilst participating in a whirlwind desert romance that lasts a week.

They’re a hardy bunch, being damned well self-reliant, but they’ve a heart of gold which reaches out to anyone who cares to join them, gifting their way through it all and welcoming anyone prepared to join them in their crazy dance amongst the flames and the dust.

Sound familiar?

Come to AfrikaBurn.

http://www.afrikaburn.com
http://www.facebook.com/afrikaburn

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By: Javier Espana

Javier Espana — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:19:46 +0000

That’s funny…jajaja! Burning Man will have churches now:
“Burning Man” itself would become a kind of pilgrimage site that the faithful try to get to once in a while, but “Burning Man” culture would be led by dozens of regional events around the globe.

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By: jimmu

jimmu — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:05:16 +0000

Abundance is not sustainable nor will it ever be, instead merely a waypoint to scarcity as even one day the mother earth herself will hang the sign “sorry, sold out no vacancy” in just the way the universe intended. Our reaction of course validates the experiment, which will be described eloquently and to the point by a single precise word … extinction. Then and only then will it begin anew, in another universe far away. We are inconsequential can’t you see? Life is to be lived in abundance until it no longer can be…

Enjoy the ticket for whichever “event” purchased and of course at the price willingly paid as eventually it will be punched – the ultimate transition.

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By: tommy

tommy — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:17:25 +0000

Osden Coolidge you are right on. What went wrong with you Burning Man? Did old age,money, and conformity get to you?Did you forget the essence of the burn? You need to light the man up with all that money you collected… it is all wasted and dirty money anyway.

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By: Osden Coolidge

Osden Coolidge — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:38:35 +0000

You guys are a bunch of baffling clowns.

Whining about how your anti-esablishment festival doesnt have enough tickets because of the permit rules. Reminds me of all the “non-conformists” who dress EXACTLY the same as all the others.

Gimme a break. This f—ing rule fest has more firggin rules than the Republican Party Retirement Board meetings.

What happened to Burning Man? Who the f— runs this thing these days? Some power hungry jackasses with nothing better to do all year than make more friggin rules!

Rules about cameras, gates, media, rides, blah blah friggin blah — you guys really want to be so anti-establishment?

STEPS FOR A REAL COUNTER CULTURE FESTIVAL

1) tell the busy-body goons running this show to back off with the 28 pages of rules (which they wont do)
2) so, start your own festival right next door
3) when the sherrif comes to give you a hard time because you dont have a permit- tell him this is America and, yes, it is public leand and you aint leavin other than by gunpoint
4) pull out your trusty camera and tape it for YouTube — sherrif wants to bash your head, he can deal with the publicity

When you’re done with your festival (or done getting beat up by the sherrif, depening how it plays out) burn the f—ker to the ground! …. and mean it

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By: Sad About This

Sad About This — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:16:05 +0000

What I would love is if Burning Man can do something to prevent the chance of getting a ticket coming down to how fast your internet connection is when they go on sale. I think past ticket holders should have a 24 hour window of privilege before sales are open to everyone – this is a challenge to radical inclusion, yes, but I’d argue preferable to an internet-speed based lottery, which is a challenge to the culture of the event.

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By: Hug Slut

Hug Slut — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:38:42 +0000

AfrikaBurn is held in a desert that looks so much like the Playa, you’ll think you’re seeing photos of Burns from 10 or 15 years ago. I don’t know how close the culture is to Black Rock City, but I’m thinking of going there next year instead to find out. Who else wants to come?

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By: PaddyD

PaddyD — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:45:01 +0000

Buy the desert and scale it.

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By: hunnybear

hunnybear — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:53:48 +0000

Funny, because our regional (Playa Del Fuego) has had the problem of more people wanting to attend than tickets available for the past 2-3 years :D And I know of one other (possibly not an official regional) that only people who have attended in the past have a shot at getting tickets. Out on the east coast, regionals are very much in demand and not ready to handle an influx of more people.

I say the more regionals the better – they will never replace Burning Man but they will evolve it and expand to reach more people. I especially love hearing about ideas for bringing the 10 principles and the burner attitude to everyday life and not making it just a few weekends out of the year.

To me that’s where the real future is – and yes it will be something that looks completely different than living in the Black Rock Desert for a week – which is why it will never replace the actual event itself.

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