Burning Man Turns 40, Faces a Midlife Crisis
The Nevada desert festival is showing signs of aging as wealthy attendees increase and younger participants dwindle, according to The Guardian.
Burning Man, the arts festival held in the Nevada desert, turned 40 this year and is showing signs of a midlife crisis, The Guardian reported.
The report noted an increasing presence of wealthy attendees, including chartered flights to the site, alongside a documentary examining behind-the-scenes power struggles, and said the tens of thousands of annual participants appear to be aging without being replaced by a comparable number of younger "burners."
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- Burning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisis — The Guardian — Culture
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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