Go with the flow -- or flee: Burners split over mud tactics

Black Rock City, United States (AFP) Sept 4, 2023

The music kept blasting but not everyone was reveling this year at the Burning Man festival in the barren expanse of Nevada desert: rain turned the site into a muddy quagmire that made the festival a survival ordeal for some of the 70,000 participants. For some veteran "burners," a weekend of rain did not ruin the counterculture festival's vibe on the so-called playa, even as a few attende