In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 photo, a "burner" rides next to a sculpture during a dust storm at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)Photo: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP
In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 photo, « burners » hangout on the playa during a dust storm at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
Danielle Petooie of Barzel walks through an art piece at Burning Man on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Gerlach, Nev. The Burning Man’s theme is Carnival of Mirrors. (Andy Barron /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 photo, a « burner » rides next to a sculpture during a dust storm at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 photo, « burners » stand inside an art sculpture during a dust storm at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 photo, a couple cycling through the playa pauses during a dust storm at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
Sheriffs keep an eye on « burners » at a party at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
In this Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 photo, lamp lighters go through their daily ritual of hanging the lamp along the road leading to the man at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev. The annual festival is dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
An unidentified man walks southbound on 6:30 Street on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, on the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Burners have another day of dust on the playa at Burning Man. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
Participants make their way through dust at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. The 29th annual alternative living event is traditionally centered around the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy. (Andy Barron /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Le festival Burning Man bat son plein jusqu’à lundi dans le désert du Nevada, aux États-Unis.
Chaque année, dans la semaine précédant le congé de la Fête du Travail, les festivaliers se retrouvent dans la «ville» éphémère de Black Rock pour assister à cet événement artistique de la «contre-culture» américaine. Sculptures et autres manifestations d’art prennent place tout au long de la semaine, culminant le dernier jour par la crémation sur un bûcher d’un grand mannequin.
Cette tradition a vu le jour en 1986, sur une plage de San Francisco, lorsque Larry Harvey a fait brûler un mannequin sur une plage lors d’une réunion festive. L’événement a par la suite été déplacé dans le Nevada pour accueillir davantage de participants.
Cette année, 70 000 festivaliers étaient attendus sur le site, du 30 août au 7 septembre.
