History of the hippie movement and the Holding Company, Merl Saunders and Babatunde Olatunji to speakers such as Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Paul Krassner, Stephen Gaskin, Robert Anton Wilson, Harvey Wasserman and Ralph Metzner. The Burning Man festival began in 1986 at a San Francisco beach party. Now an annual gathering, the event is held in the Black Rock Desert northeast of Reno, Nevada. Though few participants would accept the "hippie" label, Burning Man is a contemporary expression of alternative community in the same spirit as early hippie events. The gathering becomes a temporary city (36,500 occupants in 2005), with elaborate encampments, displays and many
Handcrafts and folk art in the State of Mexico 2013, handcrafts were sent to Laredo for the Sister Cities International Festival to help open the US market, and in 2014, an exhibition of the state’s handcrafts was held at the Mexican Senate. The state sponsors an annual handcraft festival called the Fiesta Artesanal Mexiquense, and in 2015, established the first contest for fireworks manufacture called the Concurso de Artesanía Pirotécnica. The state has also worked to get treaties to allow the export of its handcrafts exported to countries such as Spain, Portugal and China. Handcrafts and folk art in the State of Mexico The State of Mexico produces various