Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble

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This weekend, tens of thousands of people will head deep into the Nevada desert to Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis that rises out of the dust every year to play host to Burning Man. For 10 days attendees - or rather, "Burners" - come together on the playa, a vast expanse of flat, inhospitable land. There are large scale art installations, mutant cars, performances, DJ sets and all manner of weird and wonderful events, from self-help talks to sex parties. Don't call it a festival though. No money changes hands at Burning Man (instead, it's about self-reliance and gifting), and the closest thing there is to a headline act is the event's climax, the burning of a large wooden effigy, the "Man" himself.

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