Inside wild Burning Man festival – from orgy dome to body paint raves and dust storms

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READ MORE: Hospitality Weekend In The Woods: line up, how to get tickets and what you need to knowAnd even though dust storms swept the desert before the occasion, free-spirited attendees didn't let it dampen their spirts.They wore outrageous outfits to the nine-day festival, letting loose and disconnecting from social media with hedonistic celebrations.At this year's event, which costs around £500 to attend, festival-goers were pictured driving around in their flashy vehicles under the hot Nevada sun.Some cooked pizzas in the extreme heat, while others socialised and bopped along to jazz music.

There were also opportunities to practice yoga, kick back in a hammock forest or enjoy hypnotherapy sessions. But other activities were much less wholesome.Many dressed up in armoured bikinis, which were created in a costume workshop where attendees could construct their own futuristic cossies out of metal.

Some even ditched clothes altogether in favour of body paint, which did little to cover their bare bodies.Some Burners headed to The Playa – a section of the desert known for psychedelic fun.For the 2022 event, there was a camp there called Consensual Abduction.By climbing through a "wormhole" slide, guests could gain access to all-night raves on a neon-lit dance floor.According to the Gate, consent was pushed as a big theme at the Burning Man 2022 event.This is important considering the opportunities for revellers to engage in after-hours group sex, frolic in communal showers and have a spanking great time at black-light BDSM sessions.And let's not forget what goes down at the notorious "Orgy Dome".The Orgy Dome is a “safe, consensual, sex positive, inclusionary and exploratory environment”.We've heard plenty of debauched.