What is Burning Man ?
Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. Burning Man is also an ever-expanding year-round culture based on the Ten Principles :
1 . Anyone may be a part of Burning Man
2 .Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving
3. Our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising.
4. Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
5. Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others.
6 .Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
7 .Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants.
8 . We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather.
9 . We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
10 . We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers.
My secret is that I hope to go there at least once before I die .
more information : http://www.burningman.com
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