Editing Burning Man (section)

=== Villages and theme camps ===
Villages and theme camps are along the innermost streets of Black Rock City, often offering entertainment or gifts to participants.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/31/BAGD0EFM9G1.DTL |title=Theme Camps |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 31, 2005 |access-date=March 31, 2012 |first=Meredith |last=May |archive-date=June 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060607085120/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/31/BAGD0EFM9G1.DTL |url-status=live}}</ref>

Theme camps are a collective of anywhere between several, to several hundred participants, representing theirselves under a unique value offering. To qualify as a "theme camp", and therefore be granted placement in BRC, you must apply through official Burning Man placement channels, and remain in good standing to be placed for future years.

Furthermore, "Villages" exist in Black Rock City and are collections of theme camps which share common values, and coordinate resources between their "village" of individual theme camps.

Theme camps and villages, as well as "open campers" who are free to camp outside of Placement boundaries, form to create an atmosphere in Black Rock City that they have collectively envisioned. As Burning Man grows it attracts an ever more diverse crowd. Subcultures form around theme camps at Black Rock City similar to what can be found in other cities.