Israel’s Burning Man festival concludes amidst much revelling 11 Photos . Updated: 27 May 2015, 01:28 PM IST Livemint Some 6000 Israelis and foreigners attended the five-day Midburn festival, the Israeli version of the popular Burning Man festival that celebrates radical self-expression, creativity, art, and self-reliance. 1/11The Israeli version of Nevada’s Burning Man festival concluded on Sunday in the country’s southern Negev desert. The name is a portmanteau of the Hebrew word for “desert” (midbar) and the English word “burn”. AFP 2/11In keeping with the Burning Man tradition, thousands of revellers set up camp in the desert for 5 days of art, dance and music, burning their exhibits on the last two nights of the festival. Reuters 3/11People walk past artworks at the Midburn festival in southern Israel. This was the second year of the festival. The first Midburn took place in 2014. Reuters 4/11People participate in a wedding held at the festival. The festival is all about gifting and sharing. For 5 days, a temporary city is set up in the Negev desert, creating a platform which will allow a communal lifestyle, creativity, art and radical self-expression.AFP 5/11Israelis dance during the 2015 Midburn festival. 6/11People watch the burning of the “Effigy, Adam & Eve” exhibit. It is at night that the festival comes alive with song and dance. Reuters 7/11A performer performs with hoops and fire. 8/11Women dressed in costumes walk with their umbrellas. The festival is devoted to acts of gift giving, on the lines of the Burning Man festival. AFP 9/11Israelis line up at the “office of bad advice”. It is more of a metropolis than a festival. The participants take a crucial role by volunteering and creating the town and giving it its soul. AFP 10/11An Israeli woman swings in the air during the 2015 Midburn festival. AFP 11/11People sit around a bonfire inside a “Temple” structure. AFP