Music, Culture and Design

Why I selected this video:
Budapest was one of the most amazing places I have ever been. We were lucky enough to stumble upon a wine festival that was featuring wines from all over the world, but specifically Hungary. Booths were set up in a park along one of the roads next to the Széchenyi baths that are famous in Budapest. During the festival various musicians and dancers would perform for the people visiting the festival. According to http://www.budapestsite.com/news/wine-festival-in-budapest-2/ if you like wines and cheese, it is the best, if you go this weekend to this festival. Here you can taste top wines of the best Hungarian winemakers. The true reason I chose this video is because this was a local’s event, not an event for tourists to visit. We were lucky enough to be accepted by the Hungarian people and privileged to view traditional music and dancing. They were so kind and welcoming.

Analysis
Music, nowadays, is very universal. While in Berlin and even Budapest, I heard songs that I have been hearing in the States for years and even more recent popular songs. So, this of course would be an example of globalization. Prior to technology it wasn’t simple to get music from different parts of the world to one another, but as technology has grown this has become a lot simpler. For example, Hip-Hop has become popular in several parts of the world such as Asia, Europe, and Australia. It is pretty well known that Hip-Hop came from The U.S.A, and I find it fascinating that countries have their own type of music. Perhaps I have a case of Social Identity Theory when I believe Country is the best type of music, but hey, like the theory states, I believe most of the stuff I like is the best.
In Budapest, I heard all sorts of music. This video is from the wine festival, but we also visited a beer festival (no judging please) that had completely different music. I am assuming that the organizers of the beer festival figured it was in a more touristy area and they should include musicians that play more Electronica type of music. Then another area in the city, there was a little garden where people were just sitting and drinking beer listening to a man playing a flute. One evening we went on a pub crawl and visited several bars throughout the area. This is when we heard pop culture music such as Hip-Hop, 80’s music, and of course Electronica. Electronica seems to be much more popular throughout Europe than it is in the States. At least more popular than it is in Miami and again the place I visit. It seems as though live music was a part of every event I attended in Budapest.
To bring this full circle, my point is that while globalization has spread different types of music all over the world, we were able to listen to traditional Hungarian music at the wine festival and see traditional Hungarian dancing. This also shows that while people will usually be open minded and listen to several types of music, a country will usually hold on to its roots and enjoy the music from its own country. Instead of bringing a cover band type of group to play at the festival they chose to go with traditional Hungarian music. Hopefully this is not something that globalization will ever change and a reason why people should always travel in order to truly experience different cultures, people and countries. I don’t think you can get a true feeling of a country and its culture through a virtual world. Traveling and experiencing it firsthand will always be the best way in my opinion.