Raising the Man — journal.burningman.org

It takes a village to raise the Man, as they say. The Man Krewe has weaved the 2017 theme of Radical Ritual deeply into the design and process as they build the infamous Man on which Burning Man is centered. On Saturday morning, Mary Poppins, leader of Man Krewe, invited the citizens building Black Rock City to come out and raise the Man: We put in a ton of effort the last two weeks, and I’m so excited to say that we are prepared to lift the Man in an old-school fashion with a rope. This radical ritual hasn’t been done since 2000 — 17 years. We are incredibly aware that we can not do this without the 70-plus departments who are out here building Black Rock City, so we are inviting you to all come participate by raising the Man.

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