The 19 deaths in the Love Parade in Duisburg might put in a bad light a huge youth and cultural reality that for years the European summer and global soul . The tragedy occurred in Germany obviously has monopolized media attention, ended up overshadowing the phenomenon of summer festivals, which remains an opportunity to travel and experience of generations of great importance.
If in the past the youth of good family that you wanted to give a cosmopolitan European culture and were sent on long journeys training around the world today for many young Europeans, not the occasion for a festival "open air" is often an excuse to learn a new country, to organize a trip with friends. Above all, Germany is a favorite destination for major outdoor events in music. In both the indie and techno to metal, is Germany to hold the record of the quantity and quality of major festivals. Between late June and August do not count the concerts organized throughout the Teutonic, with more or less well-known artists from all over the world.
Music is a great excuse to explore a new country, perhaps taking a long car trip, packed in suitcases, sleeping bags and tents. But the beauty of the music that unites many young people, who share a passion and a lifestyle like that. For many, then what is written by Kerouac: "Our suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again, we had some way to go. But it did not matter, the road is life. " As for large irregular restless '900, Drieu La Rochelle, Marinetti, D'Annunzio, Jünger and many others, the journey and the discovery of new realities imply openness to new knowledge, involve the understanding of differences and what comes next . It is rooted cosmopolitan culture of vagabonds of Europe, ready to travel for hours just to see their favorite band or, more simply, to live a new experience with your friends.
What matters, in short, is not coming, but the journey itself as a path of growth and discovery. So Gibran: "Let your adventurous spirit takes you forever to go on to discover the world that surrounds you with its strangeness and its wonders. "
is a story to be written the night before departure, when you mind the local in the hope of taking everything with it, when you shrink everything you need in small suitcases and when you eagerly awaiting the moment of departure for the concertone of three or more days away from home. It would be a story capable of bringing together many young people from all over the world, driven by a passion to travel and learn about new countries and new people.
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