16-10-2016, 16:37
I assumed it was one of those festivals like Burning Man where everyone goes to show how alternative they are.
Don't get me wrong - those festivals are great in concept, but it always just seems like a matter of time before they get spoiled by commercial interests, or drugs, or both. Last I heard, Burning Man was under a cloud. As I recall, some commercial enterprise was allowed to set up a "special area" for their own paying clients to get the Burning Man experience without getting their hands dirty, as it were. I think there was something also about them, or someone else, leaving rubbish scattered around, which is totally against the spirit of the festival; you are supposed to take out everything you brought in, leaving the place as it was before the festival happened.
Don't get me wrong - those festivals are great in concept, but it always just seems like a matter of time before they get spoiled by commercial interests, or drugs, or both. Last I heard, Burning Man was under a cloud. As I recall, some commercial enterprise was allowed to set up a "special area" for their own paying clients to get the Burning Man experience without getting their hands dirty, as it were. I think there was something also about them, or someone else, leaving rubbish scattered around, which is totally against the spirit of the festival; you are supposed to take out everything you brought in, leaving the place as it was before the festival happened.