Being at an event is very different than watching on a screen, from a not-so-recent hockey game experience: during the breaks certain song snippets or chants caused thousands of people to stand up, move in a seemingly synchronized movements and speak / yell, sing whatever..

You may feel compelled to stand up when others stand.. to move a bit.. you feel it's normal to move and make noise, it's okay.. you expel energy.. if you go enough you learn the songs, the words, you jump at the chance to exclaim..

which is not normal in most people's day to day I think / feel..

There is an energy, and an expelling of energy in these group gatherings..

Something that is not allowed in our normal day to day - that I appreciate exists with these sporting things.

I often ask, what spaces exist in our modern society where it is okay for men to (and yes others not just men) shout, cry, touch each other, to cheer, to (word for opposite of cheer? - express sadness / loss).. together or even as individuals..

Some of this can be done with associates watching the game at home / sport bar, etc to a lesser degree and depending on your local conditions -

Yet there is something about being in the group place where everyone has to be a certain class to be there, and others are expressing..

I guess it's similar to some church type events, where being there can make you feel empathy easier then just watching..

I'm also wondering what other types of experiences / places / events allow for these expressions in modern day life.. perhaps there are more of these outside the US? or outside what I know to be 'normal' ?

Closest I've seen is bonfire / drum circle kind of thing maybe.