Israel’s ‘Burning Man’ Festival
For the Bedouin Arab shepherds tending their flocks in Israel’s Negev desert last week, it was almost as if aliens had landed from outer space.
A man looks at a wooden sculpture that was set on fire during Israel’s first Midburn festival, modeled after the popular Burning Man festival held annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, in the desert near the Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker, June 7, 2014. Some 3,000 people set up a colorful encampment in the dusty moonscape, swinging from hoops by day and burning giant wooden sculptures by night. (Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty