Burning man sex photos

DJ Flume sparked controversy when he was reported to have carried out a sex act on stage at the week-long festival in the Nevada desert. Its core principles are inclusion, self-expression, civic reponsibility and making sure it leaves no trace. Originally founded on Baker Beach in San Francisco in , and organised by founders Larry Harvey and Jerry James, the highlight of the event was the burning of a huge wooden man. It moved to its current home in Black Rock Desert, which is about miles north of Reno in Nevada, in and has been growing ever since. Just 20 people attended the first festival 33 years ago but now more than 50, people flock to the desert. It was intended to be "an underground gathering for bohemians and free spirits of all stripes".

When she stopped holding the fires, attendees Larry Harvey and Jerry James kept them going, with a twist — in , the bonfire was an eight-foot-tall wooden man. After the man was ignited, a bystander ran forward and shook the burning man's hand. The wind had shifted slightly, blowing the flames so she was unharmed. The increasingly spectacular pyrotechnic event was halted in by park police as a fire hazard. The zone would feature dadaist performance art and free expression. Harvey and James packed up their now foot flammable giant and brought it to Black Rock Desert for the first gathering.

It took me more than 10 years to get there. Hands down one of the best weeks of my life. For a moment in space and time, Humankind shines and glows with all of its wondrous beauty.

Every year, thousands gather in a remote section of the Nevada desert to, essentially, have the best time ever. The festival - which has been running since - starts on the last Monday of August and ends on the first Monday of September. Event organisers encourage festival-goers to abandon their phones, their money, and probably their clothes, and live and care for each other as one community for an entire week.