Organizers canceled the Burning Man. What is the festival?

The annual festival of music and arts Burning Man in the desert black Rock this year was to be held from 30 August to 7 September. Now the organizers plan to hold it in an online format

Festival of music and arts of Burning Man ("Burning man"), held annually in the desert of black Rock in Nevada was canceled in the epidemic of the coronavirus. This was announced by the organizers of the event.

The organizers said that they would return money for the tickets, but asked to sacrifice part or all of the cost of maintaining the project. Black Rock City they now plan to create online.

Burning Man, dedicated to contemporary art and self-expression held annually since 1986 in the desert of black Rock in Nevada. This year it was to be held from 30 August to 7 September. The festival for a week in the desert set of modern art pieces, but in the end the organizers of the event traditionally burn a giant wooden human figure.

The theme of this 2020 was called Multiverse, so it may be a mixture of everything without any restrictions. How exactly all this will be implemented is not entirely clear. But send the application for participation is possible after registration.

According to the Johns Hopkins University, in the United States identified more than 500 thousand cases of infection with coronavirus infection-deaths — 102 thousand. Everything in the world recorded more than 1.6 million cases of infection.

On 18 March it became known about the cancellation of the musical contest "Eurovision" in the outbreak of coronavirus. The contest was to be held from 12 to 16 may in the Netherlands Rotterdam.