Thousands of people were ordered to shelter in place at the Burning Man festival in the western state of Nevada on Saturday after heavy rains turned the desert site into a mud pit and forced organizers to close the gates.<\/p>\n
“Do not travel to Black Rock City!” Burning Man organizers tweeted, referring to the desert area where the alternative festival takes place.<\/p>\n
“Access to the city is closed for the remainder of the event, and you will be turned away.”<\/p>\n
Organizers urged festivalgoers already on site to “conserve food, water and fuel, and shelter in a warm, safe space.”<\/p>\n
They said rain was unlikely to stop until Sunday night. The festival was scheduled to conclude on Monday.<\/p>\n
Due to downpours, the “playa,” the huge open-air esplanade where the event unfolds, was rendered impassable.<\/p>\n
Last year, the festival contended with an intense heat wave and strong winds, which made the experience difficult for the “burners,” as festivalgoers are known.<\/p>\n
Launched in 1986 in San Francisco, Burning Man aims to be an undefinable event, somewhere between a celebration of counterculture and a spiritual retreat.<\/p>\n
Initially organized on a San Francisco beach, Burning Man has become a structured festival, with a budget of nearly $45 million (2018 figures) and over 75,000 participants at the last edition, down from the previous one in 2019.<\/p>\n
The festival culminates each year with the ceremonial burning of a 40-foot (12-meter) effigy.<\/p>\n
It has been held since the 1990s in the Black Rock Desert, a protected area in northwest Nevada, which the organizers are committed to preserving.BSS\/AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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