Cultures and traditions around the globe and throughout history share a similar concept of axis mundi, the center of the world. This concept of axis mundi is the official theme for Burning Man 2026, ...

Burning Man is a counterculture community event held the last week of August each year in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada that draws upwards of 70,000 people. Photo credit: MIKE NELSON/AFP Last week ...

Have you ever wanted to burn a man? In June 1986, the founders of the Burning Man project and nonprofit, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, built a wooden human effigy and set it on fire on San Francisco’s ...

It's a brutally hot day, but the kids don't seem to care. Near the corner, some young adults hand out free snow cones - rainbow for the children, Kahlua-spiked for their parents - and a gaggle of ...

Maureen Maples, 49, has been a regular at the annual Burning Man event in the Nevada desert for the past 20 years. Attending Burning Man has impacted her life in many positive ways, she shared with ...

Burning Man 2025 took place from August 24 to September 1; the year’s theme was “Tomorrow Today.” Photo: Elisa Carollo for Observer If you think Burning Man is just a crowd in the desert dancing, ...

Cultures and traditions around the globe and throughout history share a similar concept of axis mundi, the center of the world. "To the Maya it was the Ceiba tree, to the Norse Ygdrassil, to the Celts ...