Art workshops as a tool for intergenerational learning So, as has been demonstrated in the previous pages, interdisciplinary collaborations at the Ördögkatlan Festival are essential for the development of the festival. Links between different artistic disciplines allow new perspectives and innovative solutions to be explored. The integration of the different artistic disciplines contributes to the renewal of creative processes and to a new approach to specific problems. However, it is important to keep in mind the age composition of our visitors for the long-term sustainability of the festival. Perhaps the most elemental experience of the last 16 years of the Ördögkatlan is the natural coming together of generations. This encounter in everyday life means that visitors range in age from 0 to 100 years old, and indeed we have many children who were brought to us as babies by their parents and have been with us ever since, but the passage of time has also meant that many are growing older with us - while returning retirees feel at home here. But the coming together of generations is also symbolic: when we enter the Local History Museum in Nagyharsány, for example, to see the late Roman excavations on the outskirts of the village, or when the House of Traditions brings us the past of our ancestors, be it objects, clothes, crafts or even dances and music, generations of long ago are reaching out to us. And when we cherish these values, that is we preserve, save and redefine, we preserve value and create value. The two concepts of preservation and creation are linked, you cannot create something out of nothing - at least not by human beings. Only an existing, living, carefully preserved tradition, brought back to life again and again, can give birth. Culture consists of a chain of past-present- future, and it is the recognition of this that spurs us on when we encounter the values of the past and the works in progress. It is a handshake between past and present that forms the basis for the future. This kind of hand-me-down is culture itself. So, our task is as much to educate the next generation to become a knowledgeable audience as it is to motivate the next generation of artists, to familiarize them with our cultural traditions and to inspire them to explore new paths. 165