For the most part, I agree with David. Except for the part about wishing I could be a vegetarian. Some cultures are disgusted at the idea of eating cows. So I won’t share my steak with them and I won’t tell others how they should eat.
I did once do a little research though and found this festival is actually a very small event in a rural area. Western media has falsely hyped it up as much bigger than it really is.
Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.