A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

Self-expression through costume, or lack of it, is a feature of the festival. A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

Most of the artwork and events during the festival take place in an area called the 'playa', at the center of a semicircular Black Rock City. A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

Celebrants dance spontaneously in the central tent during a sandstorm. People perform self-expressive dances on the playa. A record 29,000 people from 20 different countries attended the annual Burning Man festival. Billed as a week-long celebration of art, counterculture and radical self-expression, the festival began in 1986 in San Francisco, but in 1990 moved to its present location. It culminates with the ceremonial torching of a gigantic wooden statue of a man.

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