music? The food? The fun and games? We went to Bestival in the Isle of Wight, England to find out. But the first question is – where do we sleep? M1: I ... I’ve got a beach hut up here to stay in, and I’ve got the key. V: One man said it was like sleeping in the back garden.
M2: It’s like opening your back door, going down to the end of your garden, getting in your shed with your baby and wife, and then calling it a holiday.
V: You can stay in a hut, but most people here sleep in tents. There are a lot of different people here – families, young people, older people. We asked: Why do so many different people come to festivals?
W1: Well, I suppose it gives everybody a chance just to be themselves, and just to be free and be away from their normal jobs.
W2: People will respect each other and have ... um … sort of some of those old-fashioned traditional values, but actually values that everyone really likes. M3: The thing I always think about festivals is they’re just playgrounds for grownups.
V: And, of course, there’s one reason everyone’s here: the music. This really is a festival for all the community, young and old mixing together. In the tea tent these women are having a great time. Why do they go to festivals?
W3: The community getting together, the young mixing with the older people. We make cakes; we do pop festivals; we’ll go anywhere, do anything.
V: So, if there’s one answer to the question, why are you here? One thing that everyone talks about is this: being together.
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