BBC: Crowds-2

I guessed it was to vote in an election. Was I right?

You were wrong. I'm afraid, Neil! In fact, the biggest crwod in hisory had gathered for a Hindu religious festival, the Kumbh Mela, which 220 million people attended over fifty days. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme on crowds- large number of people who gather together for a shared reason. 

To regress means return to less advanced, more primitive behaviours. Regress is the opposite of 'progress'.

Someone who is gullible is easily tricked, and will believe anything people say. 

The phrase, mob mentality describe the tendency of people in a group to behave in ways that conform with others in the group rather than as individuals. 

A correlation is a connection or a link between two things. 

And finally, the flip side of something means those aspects of it which are less obvious, good, or pleasant. The flip side of this programme is that, once again, our six minutes are up!