# I always wanted to attend the Burning Man festival in the States but I never had the opportunity.  It never crossed my mind that there is an equivalent right here in South Africa.

http://www.afrikaburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/about-afrikaburn.jpg
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Afrikaburn is the equivalent and has been going since 2013 in the Karoo.

### What is Afrikaburn?
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AfrikaBurn is the spectacular result of the creative expression of a community of volunteers who, once a year, gather in the Tankwa Karoo to create a temporary city of art, theme camps, costume, music and performance! For those that have been no explanation is necessary, for those that haven’t none is possible.

[Source : Afrikaburn webste](http://www.afrikaburn.com/about)

I will still have to wait and see if I will be in the position to attend the festival next year from 24-30 April 2017.  

### Best event ever attended
I lived in the United Kingdom, a few years ago. One morning I was on holiday for a couple of days and saw a clip on the news for the Summer Solstice festival at Stonehenge.
 
http://www.stonehengecampsite.co.uk/content/S635580517662338199/small_635580518794800271_attractions.jpg
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I visited Stonehenge a few times before, and although it is an impressive structure, I was disappointed due to the fact that you can only get to around 15 meters from the actual structure.  It is understandable, as there is thousands of visitors per year. 

A friend and I decided to go to the Summer Solstice festival, it must have been in 2002 or 2003.  Well, this event was not disappointing at all, as you couldcamp close by and *to top it all*,  we could party between the rocks :) 

#### What a party it was!
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/6/21/1371805706939/Summer-Solstice-at-Stoneh-003.jpg?w=720&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=89e0fe3853ab16237aa85598cfa05e9f
[Image Credit](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/6/21/1371805706939/Summer-Solstice-at-Stoneh-003.jpg?w=720&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=89e0fe3853ab16237aa85598cfa05e9f)

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3736247.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Summer-Solstice.jpg
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http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article904800.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Midsummer-Solstice-celebrations-at-Stonehenge.png
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### Back to Afrikaburn
I would love to attend this festival, as I believe the people will be just to amazing to miss :) 

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