Holy cow, KiwiBurn was superfly totally rad.
Ok, mini rewind.
KiwiBurn is New Zealand's miniature re-creation of the Burning Man festival held in Nevada each year (please google for further explanation). It was the only thing listed on the 'itinerary' that i did not have for this trip. And seriously stoked that i didn't miss out on this one ;)
It all began with Anja AKA Fin (a previous friend from Kaikoura land o seals) picking me up in Turangi and truckin up north towards the KiwiBurn with enough food and water, 2 sparkly blue hats, and mindset of 'who knows what the fuck we'll find!'
And cheers to Fin for going along with me without a clue as to what she was getting in to! There's a true sense of adventure ;)
Upon arrival, we were initiated into the Burn through the future tunnel (the theme this year was future history...not bad, you could go places with this theme...not that we did). After meeting...some 'of the locals'....we set up camp in the shade and began testing out our gift to other Burners. Our camp was the "ANTI-ATTACHMENT BODY ART INSTALLATION" camp. So basically we gifted others (and ourselves) with beautiful (I'd say) body art, that although amazing and spectacular to behold, need not last forever but could be enjoyed for however long it did last...which was entirely up to the Sharpei in question and how often the person had a swim during the burn ;)
Snapper, my first body art installation was for you ;)
And while i'm thinkin on it, for a few amazing depictions of the KiwiBurn, check out this fantastic link that i am entirely pirating from Empress Heidi (thanks senorita!)
http://s545.photobucket.com/albums/hh368/heidi_coppard/Kiwiburn%2009/
As Fin and I went for our first wander to begin adventuring and meeting fellow burners, we encountered magical moving cubes, crazies on little bikes (so i felt like i was totally home...zoobombers forever!), and the funnest (yes i said FUNNNNEST) crew in the whole of kiwiworld i'm thinking, El Lucios Mexicanas camp. What can i say, the cactus was entriguing and the crew within even more captivating ...or maybe it was the tequila....KNOT! (insert laughing Lou here and eye rolling from basically everyone else at the Burn)
So, I find it nigh impossible to describe the magic of the four days that ensued. However, it was dotted by:
.... wonderful swims in the lake, including seaweed fashion and daily forays across the lake with Flipper AKA Aaron...who could easily swim cirlces around me at warp speed...with 2 broken arms...and no legs.
.... Amounts of laughter that are illegal in most countries, provided by little bikes with big people, amazing costumes, EXCLAMATORY SPANISH!!!! (audible to all although only eminating from a few particular sets of lungs), and the creatively saracastic wit of everyone at KiwiBurn mostly!
....Nights of lying in the grass with heads downhill, dancing at the Empire, fireside anything...firespinners included!, star gazing during the gap after the moon doth set but before the mist rolled in, shadow puppets in the fog
....Yoga or Tai CHi first thing in the morning...feel the burn, if you're not shaking, yo'ure not doing it right, good on ya Sam, your JELLO legs were an inspiration to alllll!
....Eating fruit as a mission...no hands...gravity assisted !
Oh how i could go on, but won't...just yet.
I think the most amazing element of KiwiBurn was watching as people gradually came out of their shells and learned to discard their societal training of how they should act and REACT to others and within social settings..."appropriately"
Cheers to that and the biggest words of appreciativenessosity to all at the KiwiBurn.
Mangakino (where?) will never be the same and neither will we ;) Burn on folks!
Much love. Muchos amor mis amigos!
I will never hear the word 'urethra' again without thinking....GO!
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