Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Afrika Burns


I've been pretty busy this last week, mainly with papers and presentations, but I realized that I've been neglecting my blog posts!! So, here's a short update:

The high light since I last posted was this awesome hippie festival I went to on Saturday night. It was a promotional event for Afrika Burns, which is the South African version of Burning Man. If you haven't heard, Burning Man is a week long event in Nevada--the event I went to was much smaller. They were trying to get people excited for Afrika Burns, and I think it did. There was good food, dancing, and of course a big fire at the end. Around 2 am they set fire to this giant structure built to look like a man. It was actually pretty powerful to see a beautiful piece of art disintegrate before your eyes.

This was really fun to go to with my friends, and was certainly a different event than I've been to before.

No comments: