Burning Man: Inside the world's WILDEST festival

WITH its naked revellers anything-goes policy – including an orgy camp – the Burning Man Festival has earned its reputation as the world’s weirdest and wildest festival – for good reason.

Tens of thousands have gathered for the deranged nine-day festival of excess, which is unique among others in frowning at any hint of commercialism.

Incredible photos show attendees donning outrageous Mad Max-style outfits, or even forgoing clothes at all, under the relentless sun.

Some are seen traveling around the temporary city in post-apocalyptic "art cars" and bicycles.

And the ritualistic burning of a giant human-shaped effigy is seen sending smoke and flames billowing into the empty skyline.

“There’s an orgy camp we’ve heard about and we’re going to give it a whirl this year”

Festival goer Pamella Inveen

Festival-goers or "burners" form different themed camps and gift their food, drinks and skills for free, all in the name of peace and love.

Pamella Inveen, 58, describes her visit so far: "We stay up all night dancing, surrounded by people dressed in nothing but fur boots, taking drugs or drinking cold brew.

“Anything, absolutely anything, goes. Last year my husband and I even got our butts painted.

“We had to bend over while a man painted our rears then we sat down on a cloth leaving a nice design, which we took away with us!”

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VEVADA: Post-apocalyptic 'art cars' are used to travel around the enormous site

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NAKED: Revellers strip off under the desert sun

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ART: The site is populated by weird and wonderful art works

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TRAVEL: Attendees also use bikes to get from A to B

She added: “There’s an orgy camp we’ve heard about and we’re going to give it a whirl this year."

The Burning Man Festival was first held by Larry Harvey and his group of friends in 1986.

Last year’s festival hosted over 70,000 "burners" including 3,000 rich enough to fly in to the festival site's unregulated Black Rock City Airport.

Otherwise, festival goers can drive or take the bus 270 miles from San Francisco.

Tickets cost £303 for the nine-day arts extravaganza.

The festival has attracted its share of celebrity fans over the years – some of them unlikely – with SpaceX and Tesla owner Elon Musk and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos among the A-list visitors.

It has recently been slammed for the barbarous conditions seasonal workers face when tasked with constructing the grid upon which the festival operates.

Preparing an inhospitable desert landscape for a brief and boggling spike in population requires a momentous effort by workers who toil in harsh conditions, often for low pay or no pay, for months on end.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/725605/burning-man-festival-worlds-wildest-orgy-pictures

My comments: This Festival is an example of a World going MAD.

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BURNING MAN: The ritualistic burning of a giant human-shaped effigy send smoke billowing