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September 14, 2009
Burning Man 2009 - What it was like (Part 2)
Night at Burning Man is when life is good. Where we were camped, near the outer edge of the "city", it was quiet at night. But in the inner zone, things were utterly strange, wonderful and magical at night. During the day the inner zone is a harsh wasteland of flat, empty, dry mud, dotted with people on bikes. At night however, it becomes a place filled with colorful shapes of all sizes and designs. Giant "floats" drive slowly by, all lit up with colored wires and lights; most playing their own music with people dancing on the floats.
The people are usually lit as well, with glowing phosphorescent rings or their own personal El-wire sets. Wearing every odd costume or no costume. The lights from the cars and people and the art installations provide the only illumination, except for the moon and the stars.
The night air is warm, the ground is now soft and flat. You can wander off or bike in any direction you feel - towards some giant Rubic's Cube or a perhaps a huge music camp which is alive with a throbbing beat and lights and lasers. The music is is never-ending, without cues to signal the start or stop of songs, just an ever changing pattern of rythmic tonalities.
There is really nothing like night in the center at Burning Man, it is a unique experience, scary, strange, an endless visual and aural feast.
Posted by rakhier at September 14, 2009 02:06 PM