Gift economy
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A gift economy or gift culture is a system of exchange where valuables are not sold, but rather given without an explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards. Social norms and customs govern giv
A Kula necklace, with its distinctive red shell-disc beads, from the Trobriand Islands
Watercolor by James G. Swan depicting the Klallam people of chief Chetzemoka at Port Townsend, with one of Chetzemoka's wives distributing potlatch
Wedding rings could be considered a commodity, purely a gift, or both.
Three tongkonan noble houses in a Torajan village
Burning Man
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Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the Western United States. The event's name comes from its ceremony
Gift economy
…Diggers took their name from the original English Diggers led by Gerrard Winstanley and sought to create a mini-society free of money and capitalism. Burning Man is a week-long annual art and community event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event is described as an…
The Temple, Burning Man 2016
Poster for Burning Man 1987, showing the 1986 effigy
The neon-tubed Man at the 1999 event
The man effigy with fireworks before being burned in 2011