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Characteristics
They rejected the imposed social
order.
They opposed wars.
They had a broad concept of
love.
They wore thin, colourful
clothes. They had long hair.
They used the symbols of peace
and love widely.
They traveled constantly, so
they had a nomadic-like lifestyle.
Who the hippies are?
People who were part of the
hippie or jipi countercultural
movement, which began and
developed during the 1960s in
the United States, are called
hippies. Habits
Hippies favored the practice of
meditation, caring for the
environment, sexual freedom,
drug use, listening to psychedelic
rock, groove and folk, and used to
practice Hinduism and Buddhism
as spiritual experiences different
The Hippies
from conventional ones.
The hippies easily identified
themselves by their particular
appearance. They used to wear
loose-fitting clothes in bright colors
and sandals. In addition, they also
had long hair that looked loose, with
braids or ribbons and, many men
had long beards.