Whether your team is a sportsclub, a choir, a political party, a bookclub or a charity, a study by the University of Western Sydney says our sense of belonging comes from sharing things as a ‘we’, rather than doing it alone as an ‘I’.
The report's author, Joanne Cummings' study was on music festival fans, and as one herself, she decided to do the research after attending a festival where she felt "there was a feeling in the air of belonging." She found that festival-goers felt they were part of a family because they shared things that made them happy. One such festival-goer, Rick explained what makes him happy about the scene:
"you just rock up in a paddock with all your drugs and books and whatever for two or three days and you might actually meet some people and talk and stuff like that."
In a 900-acre paddock in Somerset, England, around 135 000 people found where they belong. The Glastonbury festival was held over the weekend with the Rolling Stones as the headline act and Prince Harry, footballer Wayne Rooney, supermodel Kate Moss among the guests.
The Glastonbury festival started as a hippie gathering of 1,500 people in 1970. It is now one of the biggest music festivals in the world with 58 stages and formal accommodation. The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, and quickly started referring to themselves as "The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band."
Whether you're a stoner, a Stones fan or if you've never been to a music festival in your life, it makes no difference for people looking for the place where they belong. Finding your place in the universe is just a matter of working out what you love, finding some other people who love the same thing, and hanging out.
Just make sure you're not an imposter, or chances are you'll get found out:
"you can be one of those like horrendously wanky people that’s just like ‘I saw these guys like five years ago when you know they were just a garage band and they were so much better then’ you know what I mean?" Festival-goer Heather warns, "But most of the time people are just laid back and there for a good time and everybody is just happy to have a bit of a chat."
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