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Burning Man pays tribute to Nova Festival victims

Huge art installation at desert rave honours victims killed by Hamas at Nova Festival

August 30, 2024 15:30
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Nova festival is commemorated at Burning Man with a huge art instillation created by Israel artists (Photo: Instagram)
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A large-scale installation and several events at the Burning Man festival in Nevada will pay tribute to the Nova Festival victims.

The “Nova Heaven” installation at Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert features the words “We will dance again” and mirrors the Nova Festival design.

The installation includes 405 wooden laser-cut angels, each with the name of an October 7 victim, and six wooden spiral staircases engraved with messages in Hebrew and English, including “kindness creates miracles,” “love conquers all” and “music heals hearts”.

Burning Man is a week-long counterculture festival, which begins on Sunday and runs until September 2. It draws 70,000 people to the desert, where attendees, or Burners, create a temporary city called Black Rock City. Electronic music, like the trance played at Nova, is a common feature of the festival.