Organizers delay trademark effigy blaze at Burning Man for second time amid flooding

Burning Man’s trademark “Man Burn” was postponed to Monday night as torrential rains and floods continue to plague the annual desert festival in Nevada.

The Man Burn, the event in which a giant effigy of a human-like figure is set ablaze, was originally scheduled for Saturday, but it was first postponed to Sunday and then again postponed to Monday night. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), an account linked to the event said the weather conditions had made the burn impossible.

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“Due to rain & muddy conditions Sunday and an inability to move heavy equipment & fire safety onsite, the Man Burn will not happen tonight, Sunday,” the post read. “It is now scheduled for Monday 9/4, at 9pm.”

The organizers also delayed the burning of the “Chapel of Babel,” a display that the Reno Gazette-Journal described as a “large scale art piece.”

Despite taking place in the middle of the Nevada desert, the 2023 Burning Man festival has had to deal with heavy rain that has stranded more than 70,000 attendees. At least one death has been reported. Organizers have urged attendees to conserve food and water, as driving on the flooded and muddy terrain has been restricted to emergency services.

On Sunday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the situation, even as event organizers have refrained from evacuating the flooded site — nor does it seem that the attendees have any desire of leaving.

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“Burning Man is an all-weather state of mind,” attendee Star Heartsong told the New York Times. “When it’s time to leave, we’ll leave.”

Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell told NBC News that “we’ve made it really clear that we do not see this as an evacuation situation.”