Clubbing Essay

As a participant in the field, I was able to witness and to make sense of the clubbing experience based on the feeling of constant fun and a quick-fix for stress. Entering a club gives the atmosphere of merry-making where everyone tries to forget their problems by socializing, drinking and dancing. Everywhere you look, people are laughing and talking with each other indicating revelry. Dancing also becomes a means for them to loosen up. Dancing in clubs makes a person become part of a collective while maintaining his/her individuality. Engaging in a dance shows the transcendent character of live music (Behr et al., 2014) resulting to an overwhelming experience particularly when in a crowd. This is an important element of clubbing as a stress-reliever for participants because as Randy pointed out, “kapag nadiyan ka na sa dance floor, wala nang pakialamanan.” (if you are already on the dance floor, you won’t care about other people anymore). This is rooted from the fact that clubbing reflects liberation based on the idea that it becomes a kind of play.

As seen in the aforementioned discussion, it can be said that experience, along with the value associated with it, is a very important component of clubbing. However, experience cannot be fully internalized without

As opposed to bars or restaurants, clubs do not completely encourage conversations but dancing and merry-making. The sound-proofed venue unravels the loud cheering, deafening dance music, and dim-lighted, smoke-filled atmosphere as you open the door going inside the club. Although such characteristics of a place is not suited for all ages and backgrounds, the environment and experience depict enjoyment for people as the characteristics of the place heightens the senses of