What areHippies

By: Joey Paffrath

The name Hippies comes from the word "hip" for cool
Hippies took place from the 60's to the 70's
Hippies wore flowing clothes, beads, rimless, and
psychedelic colors
Made themselves popular by taking drugs such as LSD
and Marajuana
Grew their hair out to show who they were and to make
a statement
Used their fame to spread their
ideas in their music.
They felt that they could only
contribute to society through
their music
The hippies were famous for
developing the genres of
psychedelic and hard rock
Many famous bands were
supporters of the hippies
Festivals were put together to get
together and share their ideas
Much of the population
at the time was 30 and
younger
These young minds
wanted to rebel against
society and were very
counter culture
They opposed
established institutions
They chose lives of poverty
as to not contribute to the
mainstream
Also chose their life style
because they felt they
couldn't contribute to the
society in any other way
Used their fame to spread
the word of peace and anti-
war
They disliked war very much
Used the recent acts of
violence such as the Vietnam
war to show other people
that war was causing nothing
but trouble
Placed flowers in the soldiers
guns to get them to stop
fighting
The other young people who opposed the hippies
involved themselves in the government
Most of the opposers were part of the YIP(Youth
International Party) and were called Yippies
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