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
Testicle festival Testicle festival A testicle festival is an event held at several small towns in which the featured activity is the consumption of animal testicles, usually battered and fried. The oldest such festival takes place in Byron, Illinois, and features turkey testicles. Similar festivals are held in Deerfield, Michigan; Olean, Missouri; Tiro, Ohio; Oakdale, California;Ashland, Nebraska; Huntley, Illinois; Stillwater, Oklahoma;Salmon, Idaho Clinton, Montana, and Dundas, Wisconsin some of which feature cattle testicles. The Montana State Society has held an annual 'Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival' in Arlington, Virginia since 2005. Every year in September the villages of Ozrem and Lunjevica in the