A shekara ta 1986, gungun masu fasaha masu fama da talauci, suna neman hanyar fita a lokacin tabarbarewar tattalin arziki, sun gina wani katon mutum mai siffar itace, suka ja shi zuwa wani rairayin bakin teku na San Francisco, suka cinna masa wuta yayin da 'yan sanda da masu kallo suke kallo cikin rashin imani. Shekaru arba'in bayan haka, Burning Man ya zama babban biki—babban bikin kiɗa, fasaha, da bayyana kai wanda ke jan dubun dubatar mutane zuwa hamadar Nevada kowane bazara don neman al'umma, sakin motsin rai, da haɗin kai na ruhaniya. Tafiya ce ta ibada ga masu zaman banza da attajirai, alama ce ta wani nau'in al'adun hipster, kuma wata cibiya mai adawa da al'ada da ke fama da tashin hankali tsakanin manufofinta na 'yanci, gaskiyar kamfanoni, da kasancewar mutane masu rigima akai-akai kamar Grover Norquist mai dabarun ra'ayin mazan jiya da kuma ɗan'uwan Elon Musk.
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Hanya daya tilo ta fahimtar abin da Burning Man yake da shi, da alama, shine ka dandana shi da kanka—da farko a cikin tunaninka, sannan a zahiri, da zarar ka shiga cikin yanayin Black Rock City na mahaukata, komai ya halatta. "Wani abu ne mai cike da nutsuwa wanda da alama ba zai yiwu a ɗauka a fim ko bayyana yadda ake ji a cikin birni da ke wanzuwa na mako guda kawai, birni da mutanen da ke cikinsa suka yi hasashe, suka gina, kuma suka kiyaye shi gaba ɗaya," in ji Jehane Noujaim, mai shirya fim na The Man Will Burn, sabon shirin shirin da aka fara nunawa a HBO a wannan watan game da bikin.
Noujaim, wacce ta sami yabo mai yawa saboda shirye-shiryenta na gaskiya game da yadda Al Jazeera ta rufe harin Iraki na 2003 da kuma kungiyar jima'i ta NXIVM, ba ta yi niyyar rubuta duniyar steampunk ta Burning Man ba. Sha'awarta ta tashi yayin da take ƙoƙarin share hotunan da ta ɗauka a bikin don The Great Hack, shirinta na gaskiya game da badakalar bayanan Cambridge Analytica, wanda ya yi amfani da wani fage na buɗewa da ke nuna ɗaya daga cikin masu fallasa a wani haikali na wucin gadi a wurin. "Na shafe kusan watanni takwas ina ƙoƙarin samun izinin yin amfani da wannan hoton—mafi tsayin da na taɓa jira don hoto guda, wanda yake mahaukaci," in ji ta. "Ban ma san Burning Man yana da shugaba ko hukumar ba."
Da aka gabatar da ita yadda ya kamata kuma aka amince da ita, Noujaim ta sami labarin wani babban tarihin fim da bikin ya ke ginawa a asirce tun farkonsa, yana fatan cewa wata rana mai shirya fim mai zaman kansa zai iya mayar da shi wani abu. Wannan ya isa ya ja hankalinta, kuma ta kawo Vikram Gandhi, mai shirya fim na Barry da Kumaré, a matsayin mai shirya fim tare. Haɗin gwiwarsu ya haifar da zurfafa bincike da aka bayar a sassa huɗu, yana bin cikakken labarin gwajin zamantakewa na musamman na Burning Man yayin da bikin ke fuskantar Covid, tawaye na hukumar, da kuma tasirin dumamar yanayi.
Noujaim da Gandhi suna kallon Burning Man a matsayin labarin soyayya tsakanin Larry Harvey, mai zanga-zangar fasaha wanda ya ga makomar bikin lokacin da yake har yanzu ƙaramin taro ga masu ban mamaki na Bay Area, da Marian Goodell, abokin aikinsa na dogon lokaci kuma hannun dama wanda ya ci gaba da wannan hangen nesa a matsayin shugabar bikin tun lokacin da Harvey ya mutu yana da shekaru 70 daga rikice-rikicen bugun jini a 2018.
Masu kallo suna saduwa da Goodell yayin da take fama da shawarar soke bikin na shekara ta biyu a jere saboda cutar. Kimbal Musk, babban jigo a hukumar Burning Man, yana ganin taka tsantsan nata ba a matsayin hankali ba amma a matsayin dama don canjin jagoranci, yana tara gungun membobin hukumar da ba su gamsu ba a gefensa. A halin yanzu, masu bikin guda ɗaya suna auna haɗarin shiga wani taron 'yan tawaye da suka ƙudura don komawa hamada ko ta yaya, ko kuma zama a gida yayin da Burning Man ke daidaitawa da zamanin dijital.
Ga masu shirya Burning Man, ya zama kamar mafi munin lokaci don samun kyamarori a kusa—kuma a lokuta da yawa, sun gaya wa masu shirya fim cewa ba za a sami abubuwa da yawa don ɗauka ba saboda bikin ba zai faru ba. Amma Noujaim da Gandhi sun matsa don samun dama duk da haka. "Lokaci ne mai mahimmanci don zurfafa da ƙoƙarin fahimtar abin da wurin yake nufi," in ji Gandhi. "Ya shafi abin da Burning Man yake nufi da gaske, da kuma dalilin da yasa mutane da yawa a duniya suke kula da shi sosai—har suka iya ture cutar kuma har yanzu suka bayyana ko da an soke shi. Lokacin da muka fara ɗaukar fim a taron 'yan tawaye, ba mu san ko zai zama nasara ko wani Fyre Festival ba."
Burning Man yana jagorantar da ka'idoji kamar rage kasuwanci, haɗa kai mai tsauri, da alhakin jama'a. Tun farkon shekarun 2000, bikin yana faruwa a Black Rock City, wata al'umma mai siffar da'ira kimanin mil 100 daga Reno. Ana gina ta da rushe ta kowace shekara ba tare da barin wata alama ba—"ana share ta a cikin iska ta farko," kamar yadda mai haɗin gwiwa Harvey, wanda ake girmamawa sosai, ya faɗa a cikin shirin. Amma rikon ruhaniya da bikin yake yi ga masu halarta na dogon lokaci ne zai iya sa sadaukarwarsu ta zama kamar ruɗi ga mutanen waje—har ma da cewa ambaton Burning Man a bayanin saduwa yawanci ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin alamar haɗari.
"Fim na na farko ya shafi ni na yi kamar ni shugaban addini ne kuma na fara wani addini na ƙarya," in ji Gandhi, yana nufin Kumaré. "Duk tunanin da na yi yayin yin wannan fim ya shafi ƙirƙirar labari, tatsuniya ta halitta, wani wuri mai tsarki—ba lallai ba ne dokoki, amma koyarwa. Yana kama da abin da Harvey ya tsara don Burning Man. Amma babban bambanci shi ne cewa mutane suna samun nasu tsarin imani. Yana da dukkan abubuwan addinanmu—wuri, magana game da kai, al'adu—amma babu wani akida."
Akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a yaba game da yanayin haɗa kai na Burning Man: masu zaman lafiya suna hira da masu sha'awar bindiga, mai haɗin gwiwar Google Sergey Brin yana aiki a wani shagon cin abinci a lokacin aiki, da Norquist—ɗaya daga cikin masu tsara tattalin arzikin da ke gangarowa—yana yaba tsarin musayar kuɗi na Black Rock City. "Ranar farko da na kasance a wurin ina ɗaukar fim, na zauna a kusa da wuta kusa da wani shugaban runduna da na yi hira da shi don fim na Control Room game da Al Jazeera," in ji Noujaim. Duk da haka, al'umma da aka gina akan barin kowa ya sami nasu gaskiya ba makawa tana barin gurbi ga abubuwan da ba a gani ba.
Duk da dabi'un ɗan adam na Burning Man, ya daɗe yana fama da girgiza ra'ayi—da gaskiya—cewa yana hidima ga fararen fata waɗanda ke da lokaci da kuɗi don ɗaukar mako guda a kusa da Ranar Ma'aikata don sake haɗuwa da ɗan yaro na ciki a cikin hamada. Fim ɗin yana ƙoƙarin tura wannan hoton, yana bin wani tsohon sojan sama Baƙar fata a tafiyar Burning Man don magance PTSD daga yaƙi. Duk da haka, duk maganar al'umma, kyauta, da haɗa kai mai tsauri da wuya ta wuce tafiyar gida, tana wankewa a cikin wanka mai zafi na farko. Kwarewa a kan playa ta zama mafi rarrabuwa—masu tafiya da kaya suna jure yanayi a cikin tantuna na sanda yayin da manyan mutane da masu tasiri ke kashe dubun dubatar daloli akan RVs masu sanyaya iska tare da duk abubuwan jin daɗi na wurin shakatawa na alfarma.
Ko da ƙungiyar da ba ta riba ba ta Burning Man ta fara kama da kamun kuɗi ga masu bikin da ke ganin kasafin aiki na dala miliyan 60 da manyan kadarorin gidaje, kuma suna mamakin yadda farashin tikiti zai iya hawa a wannan tattalin arziki. A ƙarshe, Black Rock City ta zama kamar wani wanda aka yi wa gentrification—wani akwatin yashi na sihiri ga masu yin kayan wasa don aiwatar da tunanin gurguzu waɗanda ba za su taɓa yin aiki a unguwannin su ba. "Kusan kamar Burning Man ya zama mai tsada ne saboda duniya tana da tsada," in ji Gandhi. "Amma a gaskiya, tikiti mai yiwuwa ya fi Coachella rahusa—wanda yake, menene, kusan $600 yanzu? Duk da haka, na yarda cewa ya canza, kuma kuɗi ya zama babban ɓangare na shi."
The Man Will Burn zai iya mayar da hankali kan abubuwan da suka fi kunya na bikin don jan hankalin masu kallo waɗanda yanzu suke tsammanin shirye-shiryen gaskiya kawai don nishadantarwa: gwagwarmayar iko, tsiraici mai yawa da amfani da mahaukata, masu halarta da suka mutu a cikin hamada, da ruwan sama mai yawa da ya mayar da playa ta zama laka, wanda ya sa masu kallon labarai na USB suka kira don ceto daga National Guard. A maimakon haka, Noujaim da Gandhi suna ba da cikakken kallo mai daidaito game da rayuwa a lokacin bikin. Zai ba wa wasu mutane FOMO mai tsanani, yayin da wasu za su ji kamar sun riga sun dandana Burning Man ba tare da buƙatar zuwa ba.
Ko ta yaya, doguwar tafiya mai ban mamaki na iya zama darajar ɗauka. "Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi ban mamaki shi ne cewa ba ka taɓa ganin albarkatu da yawa da aka saka a cikin wani abu da ke wanzuwa na mako guda kawai sannan a ƙone ba," in ji Gandhi. "Wani abu ne na ruhaniya da za ka iya gani ta hanyoyi biyu: a matsayin masu arziki suna ƙona kuɗi, ko kuma a matsayin wata al'ada da ba kasafai ake samu ba a duniya wadda ba za ka kasance cikinta ba. Amma ba mu da irin waɗannan abubuwa kuma. Wannan taron yana wanzuwa don kansa, don jin daɗi."
The Man Will Burn yana samuwa a HBO Max.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da shirin shirin Abin ruhaniya ne da aka raba ta matakin farko da na ci gaba
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
Tambaya: Menene Abin ruhaniya ne yake game da shi
Amsa: Shirin shiri ne da ke bayan fage na Burning Man don nuna gaskiyar tashin hankali da kyau na taron Yana mai da hankali kan mutane, fasaha, da bangaren ruhaniya na hauka
Tambaya: Ina buƙatar zuwa Burning Man don kallon wannan
Amsa: Ba komai Shirin an tsara shi don kowa Idan ba ka taɓa zuwa ba, hanya ce mai kyau don ganin abin da hayaniyar take game da shi Idan ka taɓa zuwa, zai ji daɗi sosai
Tambaya: Shirin yana game da liyafa da kwayoyi ne kawai
Amsa: A'a Duk da cewa Burning Man yana da sunan liyafa, shirin yana mai da hankali kan al'umma, kayan fasaha, yanayin hamada mai tsauri, da canje-canjen da mutane ke yi. Yana game da dalilin da ya sa ake yin liyafa
Tambaya: Yaya tsawon shirin yake
Amsa: Tsawon ya bambanta da dandamali amma yawanci shiri ne mai iyaka da sassa 3-6 kowanne yana da tsawon mintuna 45-60
Tambaya: A ina zan iya kallon Abin ruhaniya ne
Amsa: Duba manyan dandamalin watsa shirye-shirye ko gidan yanar gizon Burning Man Project Samuwa yana canzawa don haka bincike mai sauri zai gaya maka
Tambayoyi na Ci gaba
Tambaya: Shin shirin yana rufe bangaren ruhaniya da gaske ko kuma shirin tafiya ne kawai
Amsa: Yana bincika bangaren ruhaniya da gaske Yana nuna yadda mutane ke samun ma'ana, haɗi, har ma da warkarwa a cikin hamada Yana rufe batutuwa kamar dogaro da kai mai tsauri, kyauta, da al'ummar wucin gadi da ke samuwa
Tambaya: Shin yana nuna munanan bangarorin Burning Man kamar guguwar ƙura ko tashin hankali
Amsa: Ee yana da gaskiya sosai Za ka ga zafi mai tsanani, guguwar ƙura mai farin haske, layin bayan gida, da rushewar tsari Tashin hankali mai ban mamaki ba kawai taken ba ne—yana da muhimmin ɓangare na labarin
