You may have been wondering, what is all that activity going on across from the feed mill downtown. There was about 40 people working under several tents surrounded by wood material. Over the sound of hammers, nail guns, and saws people were busily communicating and working in concert to build something. A woman stepped out of her car in front of me as I was looking on. I asked her what they were doing. She told me they were building the Burning Man Temple. I asked if it was “thee” Burning Man Temple? And she replied “Yes”. I was talking to Jules Mancilla, aka “Little Wing”, who seemed to be like a foreman on the job. However she told me that no one is really in charge. The people come together and work to build the structure. Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada.
This is the first time this structure will be built in Petaluma. However it won't be the first time this structure was built by a Petaluman. The man in charge is David Best from Petaluma. David started building the temple in the year 2000 and has become a legend for Burning Man attendees. Since then the event has grown so large that permits limit to sell 70,000 tickets that are sure to sell out and a lot of people will be disappointed that they will not be able to go.
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