This weekend saw the last two days of the Burning Man art and music festival, and on Saturday October 25 was the main event: the burning of "The Man." A crowd gathered to see the final moments of the wooden effigy (this was the best picture of the crowd I could get before I crashed).
Before the burn, the lamplighters would do a dance.
There were also some fireworks. Some minutes after Noon SL time, "The Man" caught fire.
The effigy burned to a char and began to fall apart. And as the burning wood fell, the base caught fire as well.
And that too burned away and fell apart.
Once the fire died down, people were invited to dance on the embers.
The festival is now over, though many of the art exhibits will still be up for a few more days. Feel free to explore them. Some Burners may also be throwing impromptu parties. But soon all of the temporary builds will be gone, leaving no trace. At least until the Winter Burn in a few months.
Bixyl Shuftan
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