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WHO ARE HIPPIES Hippies are a category of people Usually young men and women Who practice counter-culture ideals Celebrate nature, peace, and love Often experiment with drugs And hold liberal values on sexuality.  The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that began in the United states (San Francisco) in the middle 1960s and spread around the world  The word hippie derives from hipster  “We and them. We are human and they are pigs and we are against them. The hole world is actually divisioned on civilised (us) and profane (them).”  One expression of hippie independence from social norms was found in their standard of dress and grooming and served as a visual symbol of their respect for individual rights.  By 1968, hippie culture influenced fashion were beginning to take off in the mainstream.  They wore jeans and colorfull trapeze pants, large shirts and skirts. 

The hair was symbol of protest, freedom, individuality, pride. It was long, wild, intractable just like nature. Hair and neck were decorated with flowers.

 The jewellery was made by colorful pearls, symbols like peace (it represents footprint of pigeon which symbolizes peace), ying- yang, smiley.  Psychedelic musicInspired by LSD (Jefferson Airplane)  Folk music-Used to protest (Bob Dylan) 

Pop-Hippie music was mainstream (The Beatles)

FAMOUS HIPPIES Timothy Leary-Famous proponent of LSD.

Jerry Garcia-Grateful Dead founding member. John Lennon-Beatles founding member/activist. Abbie Hoffman-Founder of “Hippie” movement/activist. “The Merry Pranksters”-Famous group of travelling hippies.  Travel, domestic and international, was a prominent feature of hippie culture, becoming an extension of friendship.  The VW Bus became known as a counterculture and hippie symbol, and many buses were repainted with graphics and/or custom paint jobs.  Many hippies favored hitch hiking as a primary mode of transport. GATHERINGS  Political and economical reality, problem with drugs just like commercialisation of movement destroyed their dreams very quickly.  In High Ashburry, in 1996 were 100 000 displaced people, unemployed, health unsecured.  Like every style, this attracted many of those who didn't get anything but they were just trying to participate, smoke weed and sing.  DRUGS  Millions of young people experimented with halucinogen drugs, mostly in western countries, imitating rock stars to Realize themselves and world around them just as it really is.  LSD was the glue that held the haight together. It was the hippie sacrament, a mind detergent capable of washing away years of social programming, a re-imprinting device, a consciousnessexpander, a tool that would push up the evolutionary ladder  90% of hippies were smoking marijuana, which also became very popular in that time VALUES:  They are known for rejecting conventional values of society.  Their values are based around peace, love and respect for the environment.  Their values have influenced film, literature, music and the arts

 They dressed in a way to express rebellion and commonly accepted notions and social norms. INFLUENCES:  Hippies have influenced the art of the world  They have influenced freedom and self-expression  To an extent they have influenced taking drugs  The Hippie movement was influenced by postmodernism and the end of the war, ing non-violence  They have also influenced the music industry by promoting festivals.