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Sep 01, 2022
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Burning Man 2022 is well under way following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic - and it's as wild and colorful as ever.
The festival is held in Nevada's Black Rock City and is an annual eve t that celebrates community, art, self-expression, self-reliance, and a little bit of fire.
The whole event is a spiritual and expressive affair that attracts people from all walks of life.
And more often than not, Burning Man visitors piece together unique looks that you wouldn't wear anywhere else, apart from the temporary desert city.
Fortunately, those that attend share incredible snaps of everything the event has to offer, from the style of dress to abstract artwork.
With that, scroll on to view photos of one of the most poser-friendly festivals to hit the southwestern US.
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Countless colourful outfits, cut-outs, rainbow ski goggles, and mesh galore
\u201cAbout to get dusty with this angel / goddess / Tara\n\nOffline and plugged into the Universe\u2019s mainline @burningman\u201d— Benjamin Life (@Benjamin Life) 1661788999
\u201cWe\u2019re off to Black Rock City! This will be my first time at @BurningMan. We\u2019ll be playing two B2B sets. One at Playground on Tuesday night and one at Robot Heart x Mayan Warrior on Thursday morning. Being excited is an understatement! Let\u2019s gooo \ud83c\udfdc\u201d— Charlotte de Witte (@Charlotte de Witte) 1661786466
\u201cMade it to Burning Man - will be posting updates on https://t.co/0ec2rILmyk\u201d— kittyplays (@kittyplays) 1661568699
Festive disco, fuzzy and light-up bicycles, and other contraptions
\u201cmy burning man bike is so cute :\u2019)\u201d— carmela (@carmela) 1661577208
\u201c\ud83d\udd25Burning Man\ud83d\udd25\u201d— \u262e\ufe0fMANJIRO/\u4e07\u6b21\u90ce\ud83c\udfad\ud83c\udfb2 (@\u262e\ufe0fMANJIRO/\u4e07\u6b21\u90ce\ud83c\udfad\ud83c\udfb2) 1661622807
Gorgeous orange, red and blue skies
\u201cSunrise on opening day #BurningMan2022\u201d— Dennis Hinkamp (@Dennis Hinkamp) 1661697864
\u201c#offgridhome at #burningman2022 It's monday and the city is really coming alive. Excited new neighbors are setting up their camps and art projects.\u201d— The Burner Podcast Guy (@The Burner Podcast Guy) 1661810478
Eccentric statues of kettles, temples, and other abstract bodies of art
\u201cBurning Man restarts after a two-year absence. \n\nWelcome back.\u201d— John Kuras (@John Kuras) 1661726728
\u201cBurning Man 2022\nWe are back\u201d— Grover Norquist (@Grover Norquist) 1661730467
\u201cCurrently away at Burning Man. Will be back on 9/6.\n\nIf you're on the playa, you can find me at Heart Tribe (2:15 and E). Please come say hello! \ud83d\ude0a\u2764\ufe0f\n\nMade with #dalle2\n\n#burningman #burningman2022 #ai #aiart #aiartist #aiartoftheday #aiartcommunity #generativeart #digitalart\u201d— Christian Castaneda (@Christian Castaneda) 1661700010
Burning Man was created in 1986 when two pals, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, members of the San Francisco arts community, burned an eight-foot-tall wooden figure on Baker Beach to celebrate the summer solstice.
And the following four years after that, the duo and the ever-expanding crowds returned to the site with increasingly taller statues.
Flash forward to 2011, the organizers initiated creating a non-profit, putting together a 16-member board of the founders and burners who had backgrounds in art, business, and non-profits.
In May 2012, the Burning Man Project got its 501c3 status as a charitable organization.
The Burning Man began on 28 August and ends on 5 September.
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