I think for some it is a ritual with great spiritual value. I would call it a utopian alternative to the world we normally live in. People think it's a hippie orgy or a cult. I suppose it is a counterculture. It is certainly an alternative model that shows people, in a really practical way, that there are other ways of living.
People think it's a hippie orgy or a cult.
When they get out there, they discover what is of unique value to them. We've come to regard them as a kind of concrete analog of what are called Web sites on the Internet. People combine their domiciles into interactive art. All we require is that they do something creative that involves others, entices others, invites them into an environment the theme campers create. Usually they are premised on a fantasy scenario.