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 the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The [...]
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Burning Man 2009, by Hector Santizo [26 Pics]
Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They depart one week later, having left no trace whatsoever. Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like [...]
Tribal face paints in Papua New Guinea [37 Pics]
Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under seven million.The PNG Constitution expresses the wish for “traditional villages and communities to remain as viable units of Papua New Guinean society”The word papua [...]
Hajj, Pilgrimage to Mecca when Millions Worship in Unison [49 Pics]
What exactly is it that goes on in Mecca? As a non muslim looking on it appears to be an event, or more correctly a pilgrimage, a worship en masse, bigger then any other in the world. And it happens every year. Well the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj just announced that Hajj, the pilgrimage [...]
Infiorata – the Italian flower festival in Genzano [35 Pics]
If you go to Rome, Italy on the second week in May, you should go to the nearby town of Ganzano to see the world famous Infiorata, the festival of flowers. The Genzano Infiorata is a flower festival that can be traced back to 1778. Every year, local artists cover an entire street (via Belardi) [...]
iPhone 4 frenzy [23 Pics]
On June 24, 2010 Apple release it’s long awaited IPhone4 to the world. We have found images from the frenzy surrounding it in Santa Monica, California. We follow peoples commitment to get their phones, in spite of ridiculous lines, heat and boredom. [23 Images]