{"id":548825,"date":"2026-06-06T14:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=548825"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:35:15","slug":"belarusian-mara-camp-to-return-to-burning-man-festival-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-mara-camp-to-return-to-burning-man-festival-in-the-united-states","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian MARA Camp to Return to Burning Man Festival in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Belarusian MARA camp will once again be part of the Burning Man festival.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cOur debut at Burning Man last year caused a real sensation. Our \u2018Laznia\u2019 and \u2018Draniki\u2019 attracted countless reviews, and some even called MARA the best camp of the season. In 2026, we will bring back to the desert what we are most proud of \u2014 our traditions, culture and heartfelt warmth,\u201d<\/i> the team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZLe-tiDjlr\/?img_index=1\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian camp will consist of three key elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LAZNIA \u2014 a ritual of cleansing body and spirit<\/li>\n<li>DRANIKI \u2014 a center of hospitality<\/li>\n<li>DRACAR \u2014 an art car for nighttime journeys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, a community of 60 people will come together to share their traditions with the world. Organizers are inviting others to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdwbu9oGRUXV-JRi4fVdFWaeLDT-YUnp-ilZj_ZiP_CqmYRSg\/viewform\">join the initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MARA Camp was launched last year by Vondel Digital, an agency founded by former political prisoner <b>Aliaksandr Vasilevich<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_548767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548767\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-548767\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/72f1359d-117b-43d2-a89e-756b5eb2bf60-640x800.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MARA Camp. Photo: nasha.mara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Burning Man festival takes place annually in the United States. During the event, a temporary city is created in which almost everything that happens is entirely produced by its residents. Contemporary artworks, often of fantastical forms, are installed in the desert. Some of them are burned by their creators before the festival ends.<\/p>\n<p>The culmination of the festival is the burning of a giant human-shaped sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Burning Man will take place in Nevada\u2019s Black Rock Desert from August 30 to September 7. The festival\u2019s central theme is creative interpretations of the cosmic tree, although art installations are welcomed and encouraged throughout Black Rock City regardless of whether they reflect this year\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"info\"><p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/cult_front\">Reform.news cultural news<\/a> on Telegram<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belarusian MARA camp will once again be part of the Burning Man festival. \u201cOur debut at Burning Man last year caused a real sensation. Our \u2018Laznia\u2019 and \u2018Draniki\u2019 attracted countless reviews, and some even called MARA the best camp of the season. In 2026, we will bring back to the desert what we are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":548824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a251126a6981.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian MARA Camp to Return to Burning Man Festival in the United States"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142375,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}