The annual week-long event has been held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert since 1986
It’s been four decades since Burning Man held its inaugural gathering on June 22, 1986.
Founded by Larry Harvey, John Law and Jerry James, the annual gathering brings together tens of thousands of attendees for a week’s worth of art, music, performance and community building in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
Burning Man famously prohibits cash transactions and instead encourages gifting amongst its participants, who, for the duration of the event, operate a temporary society known as Black Rock City.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the building of Black Rock City, and the…
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