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It's the hottest ticket in town: Spectacular pictures as 50,000 party the weekend away at Burning Man
It's the hottest ticket in town: Spectacular pictures as 50,000 party the weekend away at Burning Man
It's the hottest ticket in town... a Burning Man festival in the heart of the North Nevada desert.
Today a 120ft tall effigy - which covers more than 45,000 square feet - will be torched as a crowd of more than 50,000 people watch at the annual counterculture event.
The structure, called the Temple of Transition, is the tallest installation art structure ever built at the site. It has a hexagonal central tower which is surrounded by five 58-foot tiered, hexagonal towers. Inside, participants meditate, chant or write notes to loved ones, often in honour of friends who have died.
A giant wooden Trojan horse art project explodes into flames as people cheer in the Black Rock Desert last night
Packed: The Burning Man 2011 'Rites of Passage' arts and music festival is seen in this aerial view taken in the Black Rock desert of Nevada on Saturday
Swarms: More than 50,000 revellers from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year
Symbolic: People gather around the Trojan Horse at it is pulled across the 'playa' at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nevada on Friday
The spectacular finale will come today after a 40ft signature effigy was burnt last night at the annual celebration of radical self expression. Crowds of more than 50,000 have flocked to the event which has been more popular this year than ever.
Among other attractions, the anything-goes festival also offers topless bike parades, yachts on wheels strolling the desert floor, geodesic domes that house dance clubs, the Party Naked bar, a 22-ton Trojan horse, Irish pubs, a giant teeter-totter, weddings and a French Quarter-themed camp.
Ticket sales soared this year - with 53,341 attending the event on Friday - which was up nine per cent on a year ago as the event sold out for the first time in its 25-year history.
Last year's event attracted more than 51,000 people to the remote Black Rock Desert about 120 miles northeast of Reno.
A 40-foot tall Trohan Horse burns during the Rites of Passage art festival which has its largest ever crowd in it's 25th year
Art: People make their way to the Temple of Transition during Burning Man 2011 on Friday
Revelry: Festival attendees celebrate the moving of a 50-feet tall Trojan Horse during the Burning Man 2011
Festival goers dance round the remains of a 50ft trojan horse, left, as a crowd, right, earlier watched it burn
No major problems have been reported at the week-long art, music and performance festival that ends Monday.
'I would say it's been a peaceful gathering,' Ross said. 'It's amazing how few problems there have been considering it's one of Nevada's biggest cities while it takes place.'
BLM rangers reported three felony arrests and the issued 42 citations, mostly for drug-related offences on Friday.
One reveller died at the event on Wednesday - although police said the individual died of 'natural causes.
Warm... but windy: Revellers cycle through a dust storm at the music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada
Party: People dance at the Disorient sound camp during the Burning Man 2011
Burning: Festival attendees dance around of the remains of a 50 foot tall Trojan Horse engulfed in flames
Spectacular: The horse burns into the night sky, sending colourful fireworks soaring
It's the hottest ticket in town: Spectacular pictures as 50,000 party the weekend away at Burning Man
It's the hottest ticket in town... a Burning Man festival in the heart of the North Nevada desert.
Today a 120ft tall effigy - which covers more than 45,000 square feet - will be torched as a crowd of more than 50,000 people watch at the annual counterculture event.
The structure, called the Temple of Transition, is the tallest installation art structure ever built at the site. It has a hexagonal central tower which is surrounded by five 58-foot tiered, hexagonal towers. Inside, participants meditate, chant or write notes to loved ones, often in honour of friends who have died.
A giant wooden Trojan horse art project explodes into flames as people cheer in the Black Rock Desert last night
Packed: The Burning Man 2011 'Rites of Passage' arts and music festival is seen in this aerial view taken in the Black Rock desert of Nevada on Saturday
Swarms: More than 50,000 revellers from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival which is celebrating its 25th year
Symbolic: People gather around the Trojan Horse at it is pulled across the 'playa' at the Burning Man festival in Gerlach, Nevada on Friday
The spectacular finale will come today after a 40ft signature effigy was burnt last night at the annual celebration of radical self expression. Crowds of more than 50,000 have flocked to the event which has been more popular this year than ever.
Among other attractions, the anything-goes festival also offers topless bike parades, yachts on wheels strolling the desert floor, geodesic domes that house dance clubs, the Party Naked bar, a 22-ton Trojan horse, Irish pubs, a giant teeter-totter, weddings and a French Quarter-themed camp.
Ticket sales soared this year - with 53,341 attending the event on Friday - which was up nine per cent on a year ago as the event sold out for the first time in its 25-year history.
Last year's event attracted more than 51,000 people to the remote Black Rock Desert about 120 miles northeast of Reno.
A 40-foot tall Trohan Horse burns during the Rites of Passage art festival which has its largest ever crowd in it's 25th year
Art: People make their way to the Temple of Transition during Burning Man 2011 on Friday
Revelry: Festival attendees celebrate the moving of a 50-feet tall Trojan Horse during the Burning Man 2011
Festival goers dance round the remains of a 50ft trojan horse, left, as a crowd, right, earlier watched it burn
No major problems have been reported at the week-long art, music and performance festival that ends Monday.
'I would say it's been a peaceful gathering,' Ross said. 'It's amazing how few problems there have been considering it's one of Nevada's biggest cities while it takes place.'
BLM rangers reported three felony arrests and the issued 42 citations, mostly for drug-related offences on Friday.
One reveller died at the event on Wednesday - although police said the individual died of 'natural causes.
Warm... but windy: Revellers cycle through a dust storm at the music festival in the Black Rock desert of Nevada
Party: People dance at the Disorient sound camp during the Burning Man 2011
Burning: Festival attendees dance around of the remains of a 50 foot tall Trojan Horse engulfed in flames
Spectacular: The horse burns into the night sky, sending colourful fireworks soaring