Bánkitó festival and team-building

3-4.08.2011


We started team-building a day before Bánkitó Festival, although not

all of us could make it. We were still very diverse, arriving from

highly different backgrounds. Through the various activities organised

by Gábor and Kata, we got to know each other better. 

We spoke of Jewish identity as well as social responsibility, and what it meant to

each of us. We could also catch a glimpse of our own group dynamics:

who took on which tasks easily or less so. Most of us indicated having

arrived open to ideas and each other, interested to see where things

would go. We could also address some of our concerns. 

The employee of the adventure park where we had our meetings offered some couleur

locale by running around with a bare chest showing off his Greater

Hungary tattoo (generally identified as a highly nationalistic, today

often used as a symbol by fascists). At night we got together for a

chat at one of the festival's locations. Some of us could volunteer at

the festival, others had to return to Budapest sooner.