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HERE'S A LITTLE HALLOWEEN INFOGRAPHIC TO GET THE HOLIDAY STARTED!

BURNING MAN FROM THE BLACK ROCK DESSERT IN NEVADA!!

    Burning Man  is a week-long annual event held in the  Black Rock Desert  in northern  Nevada , in the  United States . The event starts on the Monday before, and ends on the day of, the American  Labor Day  holiday (August 29 to September 4, 2011). It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden  effigy  on Saturday evening. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in  community , radical  self-expression , and radical  self-reliance .     Burning Man is organized by  Black Rock City, LLC . In 2010, 51,515 people attended Burning Man.   2011 attendance was capped at 50,000 participants and the event sold out  on July 24th. A smaller event known as the  Smoke Creek Gathering  has been opened to the public nearby to give the thousands of lucky people a place to participate. HISTORY 1986 to 1989     The annual event now known as Burning Man began as a bonfire ritual on the summer  solstice  in 1986 when  Larry Harvey , Jerry James, and a