I wonder whether those festivals were outlets that compensated for the overall introverted bent of medieval societies.

I criticize Ben Shapiro's argument about those two foundations of Western values, here:

https://aninjusticemag.com/ben-shapiros-hymns-to-libertarianism-and-judaism-94ba238f857d?sk=104b56a841dd02c4cc0baa6a3f309e0e