South Africa has its own wild version of Burning Man â take a look inside the madness
Attendees and art installations are seen at the 2010 edition of AfrikaBurn, the South African version of the famous Burning Man, held annually in the Tankwa Karoo in South Africa.Jerome Delay/AP
Every year since 2007, a tent city has risen over a remote swath of desert outside Cape Town, South Africa. Thousands of people descend for the weeklong gathering, complete with crazy costumes, art installations, and all-night parties. The pop-up city disappears in seven days.
Sound familiar? It's Africa's version of the famous Burning Man festival.
Founded in 2007, AfrikaBurn is a regional event sanctioned by the organizers of Burning Man. It's similar to the annual counterculture gathering in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, but with more nudity and smaller crowds. Some have described the festival as what Burning Man was like 10 years ago, before it became a cultural phenomenon.
These photos give us a glimpse of what it's like to attend AfrikaBurn.
The festival draws over 13,000 people annually, making it the largest outpost of 130 regional Burning Man events around the world and the biggest arts festival in Africa.
Source: Africa News
By comparison, the original Burning Man festival in Nevada is attended by 70,000 people.
