Hippies

Hippies Maryanne Cheah & Jocelyn Ng

**Fact #1**

"The hippies rejected the customs, traditions, and life styles of society and tried to develop those of their own. Most hippies came from white middle-class families that ranged in age from 15-25 years old. They thought too many adults cared about making money and little else. The term hippie came from the word hip, which means "tuned-in" or aware." "Hippies." //The World Book Encyclopedia//. Vol. 9. Chicago: World Book, 2007. 239. Print. **Fact #2** Some hippies never worked till they were forced to earn a living. They always had parties filled with songs by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and many other rock and roll numbers which brought a revolution in the music world. It is believed that in the birth and upbringing of psychedelic trance a major contribution was of the Hippie movement and their concepts of free your mind to the world of higher consciousness where everyone is a part of a higher energy source connected to one another. Marijuana and LSD were common in all the Hippie parties. Early Hippies were basically musicians and artists. This new tribe or religion or group of people was so strange that people from conservative middle class could not relate to them initially and saw them as aliens. Hardly did they know the fact that all that these hippies ever wanted was and ever stood for was peace, love, unity, freedom, respect, dance, bliss, joy and a feeling of oneness with the world. They had an immense love for nature.

"The Hippie Movement - History, Culture and Legacy." Psychedelic Junction. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. [].
 * Fact #3 **

To do justice to the movement you first have to go back to the 1940's after World War Two. There had been two world wars and a depression in just thirty years. There began an anti-establishment movement. People wanting to break away from societies values placed on them. The poet [|Allen Ginsberg] could possibly be considered the father of this movement. Using the written word they began to express their frustration, protesting what they saw wrong with the world. The poetry was not always just read but often performed to music. This is probably the source of the name given them, "The Beats". They were also referred to as [|"The Beat Generation"]. By the fifties the movement had spread and grown. Coffee houses began to open. Places where they could meet and share thoughts. Even today there are many coffee houses that host poetry readings. Jazz clubs were also a gathering place. From these places emerged the[| "Beatniks",] Typically dressed in shabby clothes, sporting a beard and wearing sunglasses at all hours.

"Hippie History." The Old Hippie Lost in Mississippi. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. [].

Fact # 4 In retrospect, the hippie generation had direct global influences on music, television and film. It also made its mark on politics, [|fashion], hairstyles, the arts, and religion, including an emerging interest in Eastern philosophies and meditation. "Hippies." //Chiff//. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. . Image Sources: [] []