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Kiwiburn is built on the ten principles of Burning Man. These are:
1. Radical Inclusion. Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome
and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our
community.
2. Gifting. Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving.
The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return
or an exchange for something of equal value.
3. Decommodification. In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our
community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by
commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to
protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of
consumption for participatory experience.
4. Radical Self-reliance. Burning Man encourages the individual to
discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.
5. Radical Self-expression. Radical self-expression arises from the unique
gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a
collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to
others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties
of the recipient.
6. Communal Effort. Our community promotes social interaction
through collective acts of gifting. We value creative cooperation and
collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks,
public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such
interaction.
7. Civic Responsibility. We value civil society. Community members who
organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and
endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. Organizers
must also assume responsibility for abiding by national law and district
bylaws.
8. Leaving No Trace. Our community respects the environment. We are
committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we
gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to
leave such places in a better condition than when we found them.
9. Participation. Our community is committed to a radically
participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the
individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply
personal participation in experience. We achieve being through doing.
Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world
real through actions that open the heart.
10. Immediacy. Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most
important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers
that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, appreciation
of the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact
with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for
this experience.
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