2023-09-03 10:29:07
Dramatic conditions at the Burning Man Festival in the USA!
Due to heavy rains, the organizers called on visitors to “save food, water and fuel”. They should also seek shelter in a “warm and safe place”.
In addition, one person died at the cult festival. As US media reports, the person is said to have died “during the downpour”. The responsible sheriff’s office in the state of Nevada writes in a press release: “As the death is still being investigated, no further information is currently available.”
You just have to know how to help yourself: a visitor wears plastic bags around his feet to avoid getting stuck
Foto: IMAGO/USA TODAY Network
The party at the desert site in the Black Rock Desert, which features the burning of a fourteen-foot statue at the end, seems definitely over. In the meantime, the organizers are mainly concerned with getting the visitors safely through the last hours of the festival. The rain is expected to continue until Sunday evening, with Burning Man ending on Monday.
The so-called playa, the large open space with the statue in the middle, is flooded. Pictures show a huge mud pool. In order not to get stuck, people with garbage bags on their feet wade through the more than ankle-deep mud.
It’s supposed to keep raining until Sunday. It is questionable whether the statue can be lit at all at the end
Photo: ddp
To ensure that the final hours of the festival run as safely as possible, all access roads have been closed by the police. “Anyone who arrives will be sent away,” officials said. A small airport was also closed. The organizers write on Twitter/X: “Do not travel to Black Rock City!”
The Burning Man Festival originally took place on a beach in San Francisco. In the almost 40 years of its existence, the event has commercialized from a small happening to a mass event with a budget of around 42 million euros. Around 75,000 people took part last year.
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Quelle: Michelle Lhooq, Picture-Alliance 01.09.2023
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