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Midburn has a language of it’s own. To keep the muggles out. We are letting you and anyone else who finds this completely free and open to the public website on our little secret.

So you don’t feel as left out as you might think that you are, here’s the Special Burn language lingo. So drop your Elvish Middle-Earth lexicon and read up on this Burnictionary:

1. GIFT
   is a gift. But its cooler than a regular gift because its not only a noun, but also a verb! the act of gifting is: giving a gift that people bring to share or share with other people. It can be music, food, a show, art or any experience and thing that people want to bring to Midburn.
    

2. Playa
   Spanish for beach. Burnish for where everything happens, or in other words, the central area of the city. Here is the designated area where for exploration; where there are art installations and parties. You can find people, here, walking, floating or just sitting around at all hours of the day and night.
    

3. Deep Playa
   Like the deep depths of an ocean, this is the area farther from the city streets (city streets = where people establish their temporary residences). The deep playa has its own unique character and a mind of its own. When you wanna go deep, this is the place to go.
    

4. NewBurn (Formerly known as Burgins)
   are the newbies, the chicks, the begginers and rookies of the burn. They are those participating, like a virgin, for the very first time.
    

5. Camp
   commencing of several people (no limit or maximum amount required) who organize themselves, usually based on an idea for a gift to give to the community at Midburn. The camp also usually groups together to organize all logistics needs for camping (food, water, showers, etc.) *ADDED: Camps register prior to Midburn and are allotted space in accordance with the number of people in the camp and name themselves with a camp name of their choosing.
    

6. Free-Camp
   People who decide not to come as an organized camp organization but rather alone or in a smaller group. Free-campers take care of themselves to bring whatever they want it to be. **ADDED: There is a designated place for all Free-campers at Midburn.
    

7. MOOP
   Matter Out Of Place - One of Midburn's principles is not to leave a trace, it means that everything we brought with us comes back with us. Yes this includes garbage (thrown in a specific place on the way out). We recycle what we can and we make sure we don't come with. Things like feathers or glitter that can remain and pollute the environment.
    

8. Burner
   A nickname for those who participate in Midburn events, know the principles and act according to them.
    

9. Effigy
   often life-size sculptural representation of a specific person, or a prototypical figure of “man and woman” - The temporary city of Midburn is being built around the central statue - "Woman and Man" Effigy. It is the focal point that creates a place of convergence and defines the movement in the event. The installation appeals to the broadest common denominator, reflects a universal human being and is open to personal interpretation. Within the world of concepts emanating from Adam and Eve, female and male, woman and man. The burning of the installation takes place in a festive ceremony that constitutes the high point of the city and of the process of change and development that its participants are undergoing.
    

10. Temple- “The Space”
    The space is the beating center of the temporary city, a place that invites to shed and leave what one wants to liberate. A space that resonates with searching, asking questions, attuning and intention. It is a place where people come to gather to look within, shed within it what one wants to liberate and leave it with renewed strength to move on. The space it fills in the Temporary City, like many other things in Burning Man culture, is inconclusive, and is open to interpretation and inclusion of content produced by event attendees and the team that creates it.