Glastonbury Festival.0:18
If you follow the signs for Worthy Dare dairy farm in Pilton, Somerset, you'll find the place where a music festival was first held in 1970, over 40 years ago.0:24
Now Glastonbury Festival is one of the largest, most popular greenfield music and performing arts festivals in the world, raising thousands of pounds for charity and attracting 150,000 or more people to see over 700 live performances every year.0:42
The organisers of Glastonbury have always considered it to be a special, mystical place.1:03
It takes place on a weekend in June, around the time of the summer solstice, in the Vale of Avalon, a part of southwest England famous for its legends, mythology, and spiritual traditions.1:09
The organisers compare a visit to Glastonbury to a visit to a new country.1:24
First things first, you pitch your tent in a huge, usually very muddy field, or you rent a teepee.1:31
Then it's time to explore the huge 900-acre site, with nearly 20 different unique areas, each with their special attractions and loyal fans.1:39
Wander over to the Green Fields and you can get a massage and enjoy vegetarian food for free.1:51
Then there's Arcadia and its amazing fire shows, the Campo Pequeño, a huge amphitheater with Mexican wrestling, and Glastonbury's very own La Tomatina, which is a huge tomato fight.1:58
Everywhere there are food stands, performers, dance areas, and music performances.2:15
If in doubt, the organisers say, just wander around because Glastonbury is full of surprises.2:23
The most familiar view at Glasdow is the huge steel pyramid stage where top musicians including U2, Shakira, Kylie Minogue, and the Arctic Monkeys have played.2:32
The festival organisers modelled it after the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, choosing a pyramid shape to attract the energy of the sun and stars.2:45
Glastonbury isn't just famous for music and mud, it's also about promoting green issues, humanitarianism, and freedom of expression, principles which the festival organisers have never left behind.2:56
Glastonbury supports many charities including WaterAid, Oxfam, and Greenpeace.3:12
Festival-goers are also encouraged to recycle and leave the site as tidy as possible, respecting the land and helping it to recover until the next Glastonbury weekend.3:18
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