Burners Bust Myths About Burning Man | Truth or Myth
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- We talked with Burning Man attendees about the myths people often believe:
+ It's a big orgy.
+ It's a music festival.
+ Everyone is naked and on drugs.
Do they agree with these myths? What are their personal experiences with these myths? Watch to find out.
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On my 3rd BM. I stayed in a Uhaul. I found a girl who I fell in love with. We were together day and night. I don't even know where she came from. She just appeared. On the 8th day. I woke up. She was gone. That's just how Burning Man is. Dreams mixed with reality
@@darrinsiberia
Wasn't traumatic at all. Just packed up and went home. I have a few pictures of us together. Maybe one day I'll post them on social media. You never know.
Aids
Why didn't you bring an air pump I'm almost sure you could have re-inflated her?
STDs and unwanted pregnancies are reality
What if she got pregnant?
I think you guys did a really good job on explaining Burning Man to people that have not been there before.
thanks! ❤️
@Chase Blaine wow. Your a creep. Congratulations!
Sounds like a typical Cowboy, Indian, Pirate, Hippy, Hebrew bonfire party in rural Missouri..
I don't.
This is very well done -- and spot on. I went to my first burn in 2018 as a 50-year old. It's my opinion that one's experience at Burning Man can be as wide ranging as the people who attend. For me, I don't drink or do drugs, and went into the Burn worried my sobriety would prevent me from having the "full" experience at Burning man. How wrong I was. I had a mind-blowing experience with incredible people and learned so much about myself while being my "authentic" self. It was overwhelming (in a wonderful way) and difficult to describe. I'll say this though. One's very first 48 hours at Burning Man, it's difficult to process what you're seeing and how it makes you feel. I think it was a good 2-3 days into the Burn before I started to really understand the experience -- and opportunity -- on the playa. Happy to report I'll be attending the 2022 Burn.
You said a whole lot of nothing😂
Thanks man that inspires me to go. It's been on my bucket list for decades and I'm already turning 50 at the end of this year. It's difficult to go if you're not loaded or living in Americ already though. But from what I've seen it's definitely my kind of vibe.
@@tiberianexcalibur very constructive…
This feature truly put the festival on my radar. I pledge to attend within the next 5 years.
Same here
There are small regional burns all over the country. They're almost just a cool, hell sometimes cooler than BM. The community is smaller, and more genuine imo. And they're significantly cheaper to attend. I can attend for a full burn (5-7 days depending) for under a grand, including gas, food, lodging, costumes, "gifts" (I always bring a couple hundred of something to gift; lighters, chapstick, keychains, ect), camp dues, toiletries, art supplies/projects, ect. So for a week vacation that leaves you genuinely better off, a grand is cheap!! I and every burner I know leaves a burn feeling refreshed mentally, and emotionally. It's amazing to step out of the real world, not have to worry about money, or anything, and just be free for a few days.
It's not a festival but a temporary community. Look around your local area for Burning Man attendees and find out if your state has a regional burn. Go there. You'll see what I mean.
There is no easter bunny and Burns are not festivals.
Burning man is not a festival.
My daughter has gone every year. She's a firedancer and does shows out there. She's heading for the playa -just got her freeeeeee ticket+parking!
Nothing bad ever happened to her out there. Just fun and friends!
@@brose4914 Thanks! It is so fun to watch. It's thrilling to see her accomplishment, there are a few videos of her routine, but she does a special show for me. Haha
If you've seen their dance you know how intricate it is to spin fire.
:) Thanks for your comment! Daughters are special!
As a Momma, I celebrate this with you too!! My Daughter is younger...but she is now ready for BM!! I couldn't be happier!! Us Momma's got to raise them up right, you feel me? And, it seems you've done your job well!! Go Momma!!
Much Love and Shalom ✌
#MommasOfTheBurnUnite
@@Blessedup69 unless you know her daughter, why would you tell a mother, bad things happen to her daughter? SMH!
@@MelissaPerry why would you have faith in hippie-artist's, and their parents? Not exactly German rocket scientist's.
@@Blessedup69 This year the daughter had one in each hand and three others in other places!
dont bring your kid to burning man that sounds like a horrible idea
I've been 8 years (2002-2009) and stopped going in a large part because it was the same each year. I'd see too many of the same art cars, same camps, same events, same people dressed in one of several category styles, even the art was frequently similar (or in cases the very same) as art in previous years. Yes I get the financial issue to make a massive art piece or vehicle and only use or display it once, but at least try to change it up, even a little bit, maybe to align with the yearly theme. I went to an Org evening where they claimed they were going to listen to suggestions, I asked that the street layout could be different to spice things up (eg 4 smaller C shapes, like 4 cities each with their own center piece to burn), but no ... apparently the guy who designed it died, so they weren't going to change the layout. Other peoples suggestions were ignored too. It seemed to be a gesture that they claim to listen to the people, but they were going to do what they wanted anyway.
The first few years were great, but losing that novelty ... it was same-old same-old each year.
Maybe that's improved in the 10 years I've not been going.
One thing was really terrible that I saw my VERY first day there was ̶S̶t̶a̶r̶b̶u̶c̶k̶s̶ ̶ the coffee shop in center camp. I've suggested it should be outside (at least) not INSIDE center camp, as it causes way too much noise (affecting events like mediation, or stage performances), it has way too many and long lines (seriously if you need coffee, pack it in, work out how to make it yourself), but the BIG PROBLEM is there should be no money exchanged. I don't care which solution is used, but this is NOT a good example of a gift economy, it is a good example of one rule for the Org and one rule for everyone else.
It also got way too crowded, I went when there it was mid-20,000 and that was reasonable, my later years there was double that and was way too many people. Sadly, regional events never really took off. I've been to many, they're great. I'm unsure why people only focus on the one big main "holy grail" event.
Another disappointment (mentioned in this video) was the isolation when you went. Yes, it was cool when some tech guys made a working phone via satellite, but with the advent of true cell signals, access to the Internet, the idea to break away from the default world was lost, another nail in the coffin of why I stopped going.
In 2009 my wife looked into the Orgs finances and was wasn't pleased, eg some things looked like double dipping accounting, or charging for things as if new but were just reused from the previous years, execs getting big incomes (well ... side incomes so they didn't have to report it) while living in rent-controlled housing. People complain about fancy camps, but first camp (ie the org camp) is the first fancy camp, it is the same - yet that's ok. Also fancy camps are only a VERY small percentage of what's there, but is blown all out of proportion.
At least fancy camps PAY their employees, I disliked that there were too many stories how the Org were using (as in "taking advantage of") volunteers, akin to being like a Disneyland where the employees are paid with some food tokens for working LONG shifts in terrible conditions. Ticket prices also went up, while was was done was similar to previous years. The Org would say but we have to have twice as many toilets for twice as many people, but surely the average cost per person should still be the same. Again... bad accounting.
I think the corruption might have been resolved, but I'd love the IRS to audit them.
My wife (being African American) noticed how it was very "white", yes there is some diversity but nothing like the ratio of the "default world", perhaps not the fault of anyone, if someone goes they bring their friends which might not spread to other demographics that well, but there she found there were too many elitist privileged types making ridiculous idealistic statements like "anyone can go" - yeah ... just ask that of 50% of the US population who live paycheck to paycheck, but they still ignorantly argue, or effectively say how they are right because they are burnier than thou, and they knew Larry or some BS.
Then there's the fact of too many people with negative attitudes, like the gate gestapo or DPW. If you don't want to be there ... please leave and let everyone else have a good time (or drink more water). However I've not been there in 10 years, maybe they've lightened up and are not destroying art pieces in their searching of everyone's vehicle as you come in. But even others have this idea that being radical means being a dickhead, rude, and too many don't understand that no means no. I think that's a bigger problem than fancy camps.
However it is fun to go. Yes.
But if your gripes get bigger than your enjoyment ... then it's time to leave.
Perfect assesment of why I stopped going to regular music festivals as well. After the third year of seeing the same stages, the same art installations, the same tents, the same people in all the same places... it kiiiinda loses its magic.
Then there is the hypocrisy and the over-the-top caricatures of new age spirituality trying to get me to believe in their magic rocks. Cringe.
I can guarantee its gotten worst like everything else the lefts touch lately
A lot of the items on your list have changed since 2009 (coincidentally when I started going). Especially the structure & organization of the org (project) and the diversity... there has been a real push for more diversity among attendees in the past 5 years and ESPECIALLY this year. It's still mostly white people but the number of black people has increased noticeably lately. And over 20% of the art grants this year were given to African-American artists
@@Kampy_ God forbid an experimental alternative society be 'too white', of all things. We must insist on importing the concept of 'diversity quotas' from default world.
@@Kampy_well the population of the United States is also mostly white people, so that actually makes sense, IF you actually THINK about it. And it's weird that black people got 20% of the art grants when black people represent maybe 14% of the US population.
That's not equality.
"Burning Man is a 'leave no trace' event."
MYTH
'Leave no trace' is not about picking up your litter. It's about poaching.
@@rigelb9025if almost everyone who uses it is talking about littering then it is about littering, that’s how language is
@@IWannaGoMissing Perhaps, but when that principle was first devised by the event's founder, it was fundamentally about leaving no trace of any 'wrongdoing' (as apparently, there are many). Plus, as several people have said, their claim to leaving no litter behind is balderdash.
If the idea of BM appeals to you, but you cant afford it, it's too far, ect. There are small regional burns all over the country. They're almost just a cool, hell sometimes cooler than BM. The community is smaller, and more genuine imo. And they're significantly cheaper to attend. I can attend for a full burn (5-7 days depending) for under a grand, including gas, food, lodging, costumes, "gifts" (I always bring a couple hundred of something to gift; lighters, chapstick, keychains, ect), camp dues, toiletries, art supplies/projects, ect. So for a week vacation that leaves you genuinely better off, a grand is cheap!! I and every burner I know leaves a burn feeling refreshed mentally, and emotionally. It's amazing to step out of the real world, not have to worry about money, or anything, and just be free for a few days.
Also, I wish they would have touched on the volunteer aspect of it. I'm not sure how BM runs, but all the regional burns I've attended are ran by volunteers. It's an amazing experience, to help bring the city together step by step, and then help pack it all out after you've squeezed every drop of fun out. You don't have to volunteer of course, but it's the best way to burn imo. Another thing that is never mentioned, and again maybe it's just a regional thing, a burn is GREAT for the local economy! People flood in, spending money on their way in and out at restaurants, stores, hotels, ect. There's always always sort of "charity" type thing too. Food drives for the local food pantry, clothing donation bins for the local homeless shelters, collection jars to benefit the local police department, emts, ect (usually all 3+). At regional burns we hire our own security, and emts. But we still appreciate the "official ones", and try to show our appreciation as much as possible. Y'all should do a video on smaller regional burns, it's the same concept, but on a whole nother level.
Even Larry Harvey talked about the focus shifting from the Big Burn to Regional Burns... And getting involved in your regional Burning Man communities helps you live the principles all year long!!! 💗 )'( 💗
Yes we have had them for years in rural Missouri on farms...They called (bonfires) and all the cowboys, Indians, Pirates, hippys and hebrews carry on....
@@RyanPaton And what is the purpose of these events?
If you’re reading this, you’re amazing :) Be well, be BLESSED, and don’t be a stranger ❤️
-Josh Otusanya
Joshua Otusanya I just won the lottery
What do you mean by 'don't be a stranger'?
I really like the Busting Myth Series.. But One thing that would be nice and the fact that it doesn't have this option has been a bit annoying, is to narrate the questions. Because a lot of the time, I am listening to these series while working, and it works great as a mini podcast, but the fact that the questions are not narrated is annoying. I usually end up stopping what I am doing to rewind and see what the question was. I don't know, maybe it is first world problem, but it would be nice to be able to consume the series without having to actively watch it.
Hi Arash R, thanks so much for this feedback ❤️ We will definitely see what we can do about this. The next 2 videos airing in this series are already finished, but for the videos after that we will think of ways to incorporate this feedback. Hope you're having a great Monday!
Arash R you’re not the only one!
Hi @@Participant , That would be much appreciated. Thank you for making videos that are not found anywhere else!
@@nonienie99 Good to know :)
Man thank you for this comment I had the same problem!
Thanks for describing what takes place there. I always thought I was missing out, but I now know it's not for me. Besides, I would not do well in the high temperatures at the Black Rock Desert. And the Alkaline Dust that's everywhere is stirred up by the thousands of vehicles, bicycles, car sculptures and people on foot. Also, it contributes to dust storms and is detrimental to my wellbeing, but thanks for the video.
Leave no trace? MYTH
Hotel? TRIVAGO
I think it's really weird that people have to go to a dessert with no cell service in order to be themselves.... I've always been myself. I don't conform, and I don't embrace culture without criticizing it. It makes me wonder if any of these answers are truly the opinions of those being interviewed.
Totally true. As the saying goes, nothing is more common than the desire to he extraordinary.
@@matthensle9391 I'd say it's a more common desire to belong, which are competing desires actually. They probably haven't considered that celebrities don't fit in anywhere, but still want to.
@@Eye_of_a_Texan it's supposed to be ironic, kinda highlighting that there is actually nothing extraordinary about wanting to be different, or weird, or desired, or envied, etc. It's all a big ego trap.
And I'd say you are right, but the ironically competing desires also do not find themselves to be mutially exclusive in the convolutedly complex human psyche.
Neo-Liberals have ruined it
I went for this first time this year, it was incredible! However I was definitely disappointed by the influencer culture that has infiltrated it. There were too many times where I felt like people were too cool to interact (lack of eye contact, warmth and general snobbery.) I was part of a build crew and after weeks of grinding it was super obvious who had just flown in for the sunrise photo sessions. I wish I could have experienced 7 years ago! I'm looking forward to experiencing regional burns in the future too :)
thats how burning man has been for years. Its always been a place for rich snobs it wouldnt have been any different 7 years ago or 13 years ago or whatever random amount of years ago you choose. Who else but rich privileged people can go out to the desert for a week and spend 2k on nothing?
FYI they have basically banned turn key camping for the next year and so forth :)
Thats because 90% of them are are snubby Liberals from shithole cities..
Influencer culture is a problem. Alas those same people who you thought were ‘too cool for school’ were themselves probably influenced by Instagram pics and the like. Sometimes it takes a few years going out to really realize what’s awe inspiring. It’s not the 3000 dollar leather pants and organic water Buffalo coats from Bali! It’s the interactions you have with others, and a devotion to being a participant out there and not an observer. You can surmise quite quick those who have adopted the culture and what they make to celebrate it, versus those that think they know what is ‘hip’ to bring to the playa. Although most good burners are quick to help those that need a good ego burst. They might have a lot of money and look good, but they haven’t quite got the true Burner experience yet.
@@mattiusvalentine3199 absolutely! So well said 😊🥰❤🔥🌈
That smile on Cassidy when, he wore his Burning Man clothes, just melt my heart
These people must not know how it is to have dust allergy...
based on their answers: its boring and somehow crowdy.
If only the 88,000 people that attended this stayed behind to pick up their garbage that would have been great they littered the entire area with miscellaneous garbage abandoned vehicles and trailers I thought this was supposed to be no Trace event
The only trace they don't leave is when they kill things without permit.
Dang they’re making me not want to go
Same
Burning Man sounds pretty boring tbh
Especially with the cops there
For real
When you’re early and there are no good comments to read
😂
Sadly, Burning Man isn't a leave no trace event. There's a lot of trash along the roads this year and on the playa. People need to be more careful and not leave trash all along the road if you want this event to continue.
Yeah they're not going to stop throwing Burning Man parties for this reason.
while i enjoyed your attempt to bridge the divide of truth and myth, and the fact that three people i know are in this video, i would have liked to have seen a more diverse selection of people to truly explain what Burning Man Myth vs Truth really is. this is a monotone delivery from 40 year old Angelinos who have a certain similarity in their experience. Myth, Truth, does not do the experience justice. but cool.
Costs way too much to go to the desert and act a fool. Overrated crap. Get a firepit in the back yard and have a bat b q with neighbors if you want to accomplish community. Burning man is burning a hole in your pocket. It is stupid to drop that kind of cash to go to a "cashless" event on public lands. Should call it burning fools.
Who tf brings kids to burning man they gonna expose to a lot of things no normal child wanna have
@@brose4914 eh kinda different.
OH DEAR GOD CHILDREN MIGHT SEE ART
@@sarahtaylor2201 or an old man’s peepee
As a fella who was brought to burning man at the age of like, 3 and 5. I didn't think anything of it cause back then I was innocent. I didn't even have a birds and bees concept.
I can't watch this yet but I am commenting to check in later. I was ritually abused and mind controlled by multiple people in a burning man community. People don't believe me.
I do. Burning Man = Scientology.
Can you tell me your story? Only if you want to, I will believe you
I am not surprised. Not good vibes. God Bless. Jesus Saves.
@@Shelly-op1kxFrom one cult to another? Stop.
Loved this! I've only been to BM once. I had joined a conclave and performed before they burned the man. I would definitely love to go again but without the obligations of a conclave. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED performing, but I would like to go completely free of any obligations.
100% AGREE. People think it’s important to go with a camp. But other than 2023 where you had to shelter in place, I think it would be fun to go with 4-5 others and visit friends at other camps.
I definitely worked more than I played. If I’m going to spend that kind of money, I want to be less encumbered with my own small crew that’s eager to explore.
I find it hard to believe people are not rocket sky-high
So you actually believe that of the 60,000 people that go to burning man, 60,000 people are on drugs for 7 Days straight?
That's your assumption of the people's participation in Burning Man??
its hard to maintain that 24 / 7 for 8 or 10 days , but yes drugs are present fr sure .. but tell me ? at what baseball game in America is there not drug and alcohol use ? when ever people get together those things tend to fly .. correct ?
i have some friends at work that have been attending burning man for years - i had been hoping to go but MAYBE NEXT YEAR !
Where do YOU put your trash after you leave? Along the road? The first little town you come to? Do you really leave no trace?
Takes a MONTH to clean it up after the man burns.
I bring it all the way back to LA and dump it in my trash can at home .. like a responsible adult .. ..
I've learned responsibility, and pushed all my limits in ways that have empowered me in my own life.
Once you deal with the logistics of an esplanade theme camp for 5 years, and fail not once..but only through massive effort and resourcefulness..you find out more about yourself, what you are capable of, and how far you can go to get things done.
Dude, there are trailers, tents, first aid kits, portapotties, and bottled water everywhere. Taking mushrooms for a few days in the desert with most modern conveniences isn't exactly like crossing the Oregon Trail in 1845.
@@kev3d LOL....I hear ya...
@@kev3d LOL ..I hear ya ...Aint no Lewis and Clarks in this bunch... Epecially in the Millenials..
This was so beautiful. Thank you so much for making it.
Since the 200 year Birth of the Báb is coming up soon, it would be wonderful to have a a truth or Myth about the Bahá'í Faith with Rainn Wilson, Steve Sorowitz and others!
Good suggestion!
Thanks for the update. I definitely won't be going.
Huh, that's nothing, we held a tea party in our garden once and invited ALL our neigbours............
What they do with Solar and LED Lighting is simply amazing.
“camp daddy”
I'd rather stay in a hotel and relax and swim and watch a little television and then order some room service. Probably a French dip sandwich with fries and a little salad with blue cheese dressing.
Burning man is: people with plenty of disposable income.
@@jonofjones9496 well that was your choice but bm was expensive.
@@jonofjones9496 19 with minimum wage job....
Just gonna go out on a limb and guess living with parents or other relatives and has no REAL bills....
I could be wrong, but if you had actual adult bills on a minimum wage job, you would not have the disposable income for BM unless you scrimped and saved for the entire year every year, and even then probably not be able to afford it, assuming unexpected expenses in life like anyone else usually kill anyones ability to save money on a minimum wage job, IF it is even enough to cover rent, trans, insurance, food, clothing, toiletries, and basic living essentials, which I'm pretty sure it is not.
I mean if you got a free ticket somehow, more power to ya, but please take your lack of life experience and use it to impress high schoolers or something, as it is useless in a conveesation with actual adults who actually take care of themselves in the actual real world.
This is probably the most accurate description of burning man. Please share!!
5:30 There is no sand at Burning Man. This is a myth.
The people who go on Burning Man sober are called cops.
Absolutely nobody in their right mind goes to Burning Man sober. Unless you love the idea of wasting your time.
Not true about the no lineups and no schedules and that's kind of what really ultimately bothers me about burning Man now, there is a whole complete underground bourgeois lineup schedule at the million dollar camps where the average burner isn't even invited and these DJs are getting paid tens of thousands of dollars to play these special camps and they even hire publicist and booking agents to organize their burning man's schedule.
All say bartering is a myth. Then go onto describe bartering...
We think the difference is that the gift giving at Burning Man is not meant to be a one-for-one exchange. So no one is saying "I'll give you food if you give me X product." People give gifts at Burning Man regardless of what they get in return.
sounds like you don't have a clear understanding of what "bartering" means. Bartering = trading. Gifting = giving somebody something without expecting anything in return.
I am a sixty year old in a wheel chair. If i could go to burning man I know I wouldnt want to leave. Iam so astonishd buy the art,the kindness and respect for eachother. I watch all the clips I run accross on U-TUBE. The feeling I get is so much love and caring. I feel that just buy watching these clips.THANKS
I'll be attending DragonCon soon, perhaps you could dive into that
the BIG question that WASNT asked miraculously is "is this a Satanic festival. Answer: MYTH ology
Ummmm yes it basically is...
@@davehughesfarm7983 what makes you say that?
What about the frickin mess you leave behind, total mess everywhere!
Lol one of the rules is leave no Trace. Everyone cleans up after themselves and they don't leave any mess! They even have fences around the area to catch things that blow away.
@@rebeccacrawford3520 this is false. Plenty have done videos after the fact and there is too much trash.
@@samanthab6642 agreed, funny that you just replied to this message now as i just remembered a few days ago that I watched a video someone had made about all the trash left behind that burners don't realize is there.
@@rebeccacrawford3520 dont realize because they dont care. Most hippies are narcissistic hypocrites.
You are incorrect. There is an entire army of volunteers that spends nearly a month removing every trace of anything left behind after the event. And there is a culture of removing all trash
So much misinformation of Burning Man is spread nowadays that this was really refreshing & is shockingly accurate & representative of the event. Kudos.
What misinformation has been spread about it?
The more BM videos I watch, the less I want to go. Sorry.
No need to be sorry Bill! My enjoyment of the event is not dependent upon your opinion of it.
They should explain the trash everywhere in and out of it. The roads leading up to it are covered in trash.
my father has over 20 burns. He said there are orgies. He has been to large tents where it is "just strip naked and come join in" . So yeah , anyone who says they don't have orgies is either lying or they haven't looked around much.
@ 9:24 "... it's about leaving no trace, cleaning up after yourself... " WRONG! Just look at the photos of mountains of bicycles, carpets, tents, toilet paper, propane tanks, garbage and trash, and trash cans... even abandoned vehicles left all over the ground in the aftermath..
"Campers leave behind “a ridiculous amount” of usable gear, he said, including bicycles, tents, and even barbecues. Much of it can be salvaged or donated, he said. And this year, he added, people are also dumping a furniture showroom’s worth of muddy, waterlogged carpets and couches.
Some attendees gave up trying to haul away tents and carpets weighed down by the muck, and simply left them on the playa. Others abandoned entire campsites and drove off"
Nobody does that when asking about drugs lol. Obviously you are not a user of substances but you just need to get to know someone, realize they are just there to party and happened to have drugs.
This is a great video! I've seen a couple of documentaries and a friend of mine goes about every other year. I hope to go with him :)
Sodom and Gomorrah
@@brose4914 you again lmao, i bet u dont see nothing wrong with the gay pride parade aswell.
@@GaidenHawkz What's wrong with it?
Love this so much guys. I cannot wait to make the journey someday. For now though, would love you to come to Africa. Hope to see you one day at Afrikaburn ❤️
I was there for 2010 and 2012 and wish every year I could go back.
I heard that it hits 120F during the day-and that desert grit gets into everything. Sounds uncomfortable.
It is uncomfortable. By design. If you want to always be comfortable, you should definitely NOT go to Burning Man. Seriously.
I went. It was incredible, despite my personal disability and mobility problems, it was Incredible. People from all over the world coexisting with acceptance and caring. If the historical Jesus went there he would say, "cool, you are actually doing what I told you to do, which is LIVE THE GOLDEN RULE".
I will go back. There are so many worlds created by everyone that I want to see and appreciate, and I will create my own, too.
Now, I have to add to Janis Joplin's line "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose".
Freedom is also Burning Man and seeing the incredible humanity there, showing me we can all work together, because we have a whole planet and all its life to lose or to cherish.
***The time has come to show people that
NOBODY IS NOBODY!
whens the next one?
do you have to be invited or can i just show up?
I've always wondered about Burning Man. thanks. I have attended the Rainbow Nation (old hippies) camp at a national park for a weekend with drum circles,yoga,partial nudity, with a central sharing kitchen. You can bring rice or beans to share..They would also greet you by saying Welcome Home. Last time I went was 36 years ago ..oh my gosh, I'm old.
Oh so curious about your family I'm hoping one day to connect xD
We definitely get Rainbow folks at the burn. We get all kinds. Pretty much anyone kind find their kind of people/activities there. But like any city, there will also be people and circles that really aren't your jam, and that's fine. The folks I hang out with are people in their mid-30s to mid-60s, all artists and art car builders, folks who come to the burn to make wonderful things and enjoy the wonderful things other people make. We've even had a baby in camp the last two years, and he's a hoot. He loves the dust and noise and colors.
Before this video I thought Burning Man was a waste of time for self-indulgent hippies. Now I realize Burning Man is a colossal waste of time for a lot of different people, including Yuppies.
Got to be honest sounds fkn awful
Not everyone's a burner and Burning Man is definitely not for everyone... 🌈 💗 😁
What people are failing to state here is what it costs to go. The cost of tickets in 2019 ranged from $425 to $1,400 and some scalpers got even more. Tickets were gone in a little over 4 hours. Some of these tickets were bought up by bots and resold at much higher scalped prices. The technical glitches that have plagued their ticking system remains and was still a problem this year. When they say... "Has it changed?" It sure has! People landing by helicopter in the desert to ready made camps with RV's with AC and personal chefs on hand? Sure, go see if you can go knock on their door to get something for free from them. Good Luck! Meanwhile there's only one access road in or out for the rest of those without their own air transport. And it's another $100 to get your vehicle in too. It's all about $$$ these days. And while it's true you won't be spending anything there... You better bring enough supplies to rely on while your there. You are paying to rent a piece of the dessert.
People and their money and power have ruined this event. Big changes are stated to be coming for 2020. What? Corporate Sponsors??? I wouldn't doubt it with the direction it's headed in. The only accurate statement made in this video was when the guy said Burning Man is mirroring our own society. He nailed it. There are those that "have", and those that "have not".
People can either agree or disagree with what I've said. I've talked to enough people that have gone and more and more of them are not repeating year after year as the promoters want you to believe. That says something itself.
Like the saying goes... idiots are soon parted with their money.
There are small regional burns all over the country. They're almost just a cool, hell sometimes cooler than BM. The community is smaller, and more genuine imo. And they're significantly cheaper to attend. I can attend for a full burn (5-7 days depending) for under a grand, including gas, food, lodging, costumes, "gifts" (I always bring a couple hundred of something to gift; lighters, chapstick, keychains, ect), camp dues, toiletries, art supplies/projects, ect. So for a week vacation that leaves you genuinely better off, a grand is cheap!! I and every burner I know leaves a burn feeling refreshed mentally, and emotionally. It's amazing to step out of the real world, not have to worry about money, or anything, and just be free for a few days.
Glenn Silva just more solidification that even Climate Change Advocates Base themselves on Capitalism...and Capitalism is preferred by all compared to Communism...especially by those DNCMS...the only ones they want to go without....is us 🇺🇸🐑
Rain and mud for days, or temperature above 100°, watching video and listening to people who have been to the festival it’s probably the last place I want to go, I guess I just don’t get it. Hanging out for a week in a mud pit or an oven sounds like nothing but misery to me.
I was part of aa camp
lighting huge fires is not good for the enviroment? can you go if you have asthma or would you not be able to breathe?
The group i want to hear from next are ACTUAL veteran burners
Do i need a invitation? I never went, anybody down to go next year?road trip from nyc since i have no friends to go there with
YESSS! Radical self reliance! Also interesting bc while I havent been I have been to many other events and helped with all the things that help a festival function! I was watching a documentary on mountain biking and hiking and how these epic trails peoplpe do has CHANGED so much. In the past (prior to the internet) the way people found out about the NCT or PCT or Havasupi trail were by word of mouth through a unspoken vetting system.
Do burners of the past before this changed agree with this vetting process and tell me more!
Those seem like some really cool people.... I’m interested in hearing more from them 😊
I had always thought I was too old and straight laced to go
Never! Burning Man is for everyone ❤️
Fair enough…doesn’t sound like my cup of tea….especially after hearing what happen this year….like quiet calm people-free space…..
myth everyone accepts you however you are that means as long as you agree with them
Wow this made me never want to go.
People definitely be having polysexual experiences at burning man, just not on the level people assume.
All great, but don't think about wearing bunches of glitter. The only thing that is expected to be there "after the burn" are like footprints and tire tracks. So nothing that will junk up the ground. After you are there, you realize that the only "norm" is acceptance and mutual appreciation. If only the rest of the world was as loving. Was only there once, but hope to again some day.
Open your eyes, there is a lot of garbage left there afterwards.
Glitter?!?!? Whatttt hell no, that's moop!
Asks questions
That's a myth
2 seconds later
So it definitely happens a lot
Just like everything in real life. :)
It's a big modern day pagan ritual of burning a massive man effigy, sort of reminds me of the tower of babel or the golden calf. A true haven for false gods and demon worship. Even the very location is reminiscent of desolation and dryness. TRUE
@@brose4914 damn u really are trying so hard to defend this, i see u on so many comments, this event its nothing but a bunch of degeneracy. Nowadays people mistake "fun" with degeneracy its just sad. And if im wrong explain to me why the majority of people that go there are high on drugs and even have orgy's, or go there just to get laid.
@@brose4914 Oh boy she is in every comment, that exposes the truth about her little Pagan ritualistic cult, worshipping false gods, Narcisist self love, drugs and alcohol abuse.
"He said also unto me. Turn thee yet again, and thou shal see greater abominations that they do"
"Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north, and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz" Ezekiel 8:13-14
@@vinize Where is the evidence that those scriptures actually mean anything or have any truth to them
It is very sad that you don't even make a reference to Sodom and gomore. I think that is you that is very lost.
The vast majority of burners dislike religion, yet are involving themselves with a literal cult. And not only that, but this event is officially co-opted by faceless corporations, thus even more deceptive and spiritually perilous than before. My heart goes out to the participants who are seduced and deceived by the false-light worship.
Why do you need tickets?
Cassidy might be my new hero - great job folks!!
Pretty accurate video about Burning Man! I'll show this to my friends who haven't been there yet.
It has gotten crazy expensive to go. If you can even get a ticket.
This solidifies my wanting to go.
Question. Burning Man destroys fox dens, leaves the highway littered with trash, abandoned vehicles and creates more pollution. True or false?
SoulPancake....... perfect little way to introduce Burning Man.... also nice variety of Burners!!! Fidnme on Playa next year at Cantina Vida (7:45 and G, or there about!) and get a "Burner Man Ruinned My LiFe" patch!!! Call me Buena Chica
It's a hippie event don't let anyone tell you different
The only genuine answers are from the blue shirt guy, he never sugar coat the truth
Do The Gathering of the Juggalos
I did bm and the gathering this year, first time at both :)
This sounds like fun! Maybe someday I will go.
Undercover cops on a festival, sad days
People have to pay to attend? I went to a Rainbow Gathering in my youth. It was free.
"Just go...And, you can thank me later" --- BEST THING SAID!! 😊
Enough said. Because, it is truly something that must be experienced, not explained.✌
No mention of how exclusionary it is in terms of cost. BM is very expensive to attend safely.
Great video, great info. thank you.
Out of curiosity:
What happens if it rains at Burning Man™️?
Just wondering.
Love, life, art and living free to be who you want to be! That is Burning man! Don't like it? Don't look! Look away, if you don't like people being free to be themselves!
But if you let go of your restrictions! Let go of things society tells you is not right or righteous! Be free! You know it's in your heart to live the way you want! You just have to have the courage to be free and let others be free! Try it! It might set you free!