The event takes Getting its name from its culmination , the symbolic ritual burning Damaging of a large wooden effigy ( `` The Man '' ) that traditionally occurs Coming_to_be on the Saturday evening of the event.First held in 1986 on Baker Beach in San Francisco as a small function organized Arranging by Larry Harvey and Jerry James who built Creating the first `` Man '' , it has since been held annually , spanning Change_event_time the nine days leading up to and including Labor Day ( the opening day is a Sunday , while the closing day is the first Monday in September ) .

at the cobo hall show , paul stanley starts Process_start his guitar smashing Body_movement ritual Rite after `` let me go , rock ' n ' roll '' , until it was eventually done after `` rock and roll all nite '' in later years .

The subsequent ritual killing Killing of missionary Carl Volkner by Pai Mārire followers at Opotiki on 2 March 1865 sparked Causation settler fears of an outbreak of violence Violence and later that year the New Zealand government launched Motion a lengthy expedition to hunt Scrutiny for Volkner 's killers Killing and neutralise the movement 's influence .

The explosion Attack occurred Coming_to_be at Sheetla Ghat , adjacent to the main Dashashwamedh Ghat , where the sunset `` aarti '' , the evening prayer ritual Social_event to the holy river , Ganges had commenced Process_start , on these stone steps leading to it , where thousands of worshipers and tourists had gathered Come_together .

Simultaneously , an old man was performing Hold a ritual called the Ghost Dance .