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Every summer, tens of thousands of people, including celebrities like Heidi Klum, Paris Hilton and Cindy Crawford, camp out in the Nevada desert for the infamous Burning Man festival.
The event, which started on Sunday, includes music, amazing art installations, is clothing optional and a little hedonistic at times (more on the AussieDome later).
Other celebrities who have enjoyed desert parties in the past include Katy Perry, Cara Delevingne, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karlie Kloss and Adrian Grenier.
The event was famously canceled last year after a rainstorm left thousands of festival-goers, including several celebrities, trapped in mud.
Chris Rock and Diplo rescued from Burning Man disaster after walking six miles through mud
Cindy Crawford poses for a selfie in front of a Burning Man art installation to commemorate her first visit to Burning Man in 2022. (Cindy Crawford/Instagram)
After Chris Rock and DJ Diplo walked six miles through mud, a fan offered them a ride in a truck.
Diplo posted a video to his Instagram of himself, Rock and several other people known as “Burners” wading through the mud and sitting in the back of a truck after being rescued.
Rock, wearing a big jacket, could be heard talking about how much he wanted a “cold brew.”
“I literally walked the streets with my thumbs up for hours because I have a show in Washington DC tonight and I didn’t want to disappoint you all,” the DJ wrote in the caption about the gig he was able to play that night. “I also want to thank this man who wisely purchased a truck for this moment.”
Diplo later told CNN that the night before they left, he and Rock had dinner with Cindy Crawford, her husband Rande Gerber, and their daughters Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler, and discussed what to do since more rain was in the forecast and no chance of a road trip.
Crawford’s family walked with him, he said.
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Paris Hilton posted a photo of her visit to Burning Man in 2022 on Facebook with the caption, “Honey, I’m back.” (Paris Hilton/Facebook)
He explained that if people try to drive out of the festival site, they could get stuck in the mud, causing traffic jams.
The DJ joked that Rock was worried there would be “cannibalism” if food started to become scarce, but said Burners were self-reliant and festival organisers knew what they were doing.
Still, participants were urged to conserve resources after being stranded in camps for days in bad weather, and toilets were close to overflowing as some 73,000 participants waited for roads to open.
“We all know Burning Man ended with Ebola, cannibalism, and drowning in a puddle, but I want to talk about the double rainbows, mud sculptures, sunsets, amazing people, and amazing music played with amazing friends,” Diplo jokingly wrote in an Instagram comment section last September (it didn’t happen). “Thanks to community and self-reliance, we all came out safe and with so many fond memories.”
He added that the six-mile hike “was probably the highlight.”
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Diplo shared a photo of himself standing in front of a rainbow at Burning Man last year. (Diplo/Instagram)
Last year was Crawford’s second Burning Man experience.
In 2022, she shared photos from the event on Instagram, writing, “I still can’t believe this time last week we were at Burning Man! @kaiagerber and I got invited last minute by a friend and we looked at each other and said ‘why not?!’ We were so lucky to go with some experienced ‘burners’ who mentored us and showed us the ropes. It was everything we hoped for and more.”
Crawford added that the experience helped her “reconnect with that girl-girl version of herself: adventurous, fun, inquisitive and carefree. Sometimes the roles we play in ‘real’ life separate us from our most joyful selves. It’s only when we stray so far from our comfort zone that we have no choice but to look inward.”
The festival allows burners to enjoy themselves however they wish – there are amazing art installations, concerts, yoga, meditation and more – and while it doesn’t have to celebrate the hedonistic side, it doesn’t have to discourage it either.
Imaginative but revealing costumes (often including pasties for the women) and outright nudity are common at the event.
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Tens of thousands of people attend the Burning Man festival every year. (Mike Nelson // AFP via Getty Images)
The festival wrote in a social post ahead of this year’s event that burners were encouraged to step out of their “comfort zone.”
“In an increasingly divided world, the need for connection, creativity and well-being is crucial,” organizers wrote. “Burning Man encourages us to step out of our comfort zones, engage with people from all walks of life, and create something truly special together. The road may be tough, but the growth, community and joy found along the way makes it all worth it.”
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Festival-goers can choose to camp on their own or take part in themed camps, such as the infamous Ozy Dome, which organizers say offers burners a “safer, more consensual place to play” at Burning Man. The Ozy Dome has been used at Burning Man since 2004.
The Orgy Dome is “an air-conditioned sex haven for groups of two or more,” Cosmopolitan wrote in 2016. “Founders say 5,000 people frolicked there last year.”
Burning Man fireworks. (Julie Jamot/AFP via Getty Images)
A 26-year-old production assistant from California who attended the Aussie Dome told the publication that there were long lines to get in and that they were interviewed to make sure they were intoxicated enough to give consent. Festival staff also made sure attendees understood the rules inside the Dome, including that they needed verbal consent to take part in activities.
“You walk in and there’s a main space with mattresses on either side of the main hallway,” she explained. “I immediately felt comfortable. Seeing so many other people having sex made me feel like I could do it too.”
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It’s unclear whether any celebrities have enjoyed the Aussie Dome in the past.