Regional, –adjective, An event (Regional Burn), group or organization created by Burners somewhere other than the Black Rock Desert. Burning Man has made efforts to control who can officially call themselves a regional representative, or which events are official regional burns, but no one pays them any attention. Regional Burns allow you to meet the same person more than once without a GPS unit and a tracking device, and may feature such luxuries as swimming holes, natural shade, or even actual showers. A True Burner will tell you this adulterates the valuable, character-giving experience of sleeping on the cement-hard playa in the dust after the 50-mile per hour winds obliterate your tent. Compare: That Thing in the Desert.
I’ve been attending my local Burn, Burning Flipside, every year since 2001. I think the big Burn is an amazing experience and I look forward to going back in the future. But the local events are every bit as psychedelic and potentially life-changing as making the pilgrimage to Black Rock City.
Please let me know what words you’d like me to define next.
Kit O’Connell is a writer, critic and geek living in Austin, Texas. He has been attending events in the Burning Man community since 2001. You can read more of him on his website or his twitter.
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I’ve added it to my list.
I didn’t even mean to post this one today, but up it went anyway as if it had a mind of its own (or so did my hand on the Publish button). But more content is good and I have the next one ready in the pipe, and a list of 10 or so more to do…
Awesome. I hope you know how much I love having you here.
Thanks, Lauren. I’m really enjoying it too.
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'Regional,' my second word in the #burningman lexicon on @defyauthority: http://defyauthority.net/2010/09/01/a-burner-lexicon-regional/