Makeup and clothing choices, as I discussed on the ritual page, are an integral part of the music festival experience for many. Music festivals are a place where people can express themselves without fear of judgement, so experimentation with new fun makeup looks and dress is encouraged. In particular, many of the makeup looks that people wear to festivals are incredibly similar to tribal face paint. It is common for festival goers of any gender to utilize their faces as canvases, adorning them with face paint, glitter, and rhinestones. For many, this form of self-expression really is a conscious break from their mundane daily lives. The average person cannot show up to their 9-5 job with rhinestones and stripes of paint on their face, but, for those magical three days at the end of July and the beginning of August in Montreal, young pilgrims in town for Osheaga can be easily spotted on the downtown streets, in the Metro and in the popular clubs and restaurants due to the fashion statements I am emphasizing here. Come to think of it, the psychedelic wristbands worn to gain admission to Osheaga resemble religious tokens or emblems that pilgrims might wear to signify their participation in the religious journey.