Investigate The History of Hippies, Great & Creative Movements that call Counter-Cultures

What is a Hippies (Hippy) ?

A New Culture That Inspires Many Young People

Like the Title you can see above, Today Stoneeman will discuss one topic that is still related to a topic that Stoneeman has previously discussed regarding psychedelic.

Of course, in this session Stoneeman will explain in detail about a culture or culture that has existed since 1960, Like a time machine, this culture is certainly well known in various parts of the country because of its fairly progressive movement at that time.

Hippy History

Before we get to know more about the history of hippies at the beginning of their movement, let's first know where the word hippie began to be known and known to many people to date. Generally Hippie is known as a movement related to the rejection of the war that occurred in 1955 - 1975 for American involvement ( USA ) in the vietnam war which became a triggering the hippie movement to the surface and becoming a culture that even continues to be generations today.

The Origin of The Term Hippie

The original of the word hippie is taken from the term "hip" or "hep" used by the beat generation. Beat generation is a literary and social movement started by a group of young people in the 1950s through a paper that influences and explores culture and even politics In postwar America.

The Origin of the Beginning of this Hippie Movement Began

Of the few or few people who already know about hippie or other names are hipsters, generally the hippies movement is known and begins to peak due to several incidents that occur as a result of the war that occurred at that time in the 1940-1960s, but what many people know is the incident that occurred in the vietnam war when america interfered In that war and many young people from the American side who were victims of the war.

But the vietnam war was just one of several forms of protests by young Americans at the time, Other factors were based on several other important international events. such as the African-American civil rights movement in the 1950s, the Korean War ( 1950-1953 ) and the Hydrogen bomb test in 1954.

Of the many events and incidents that occurred in the dark era , which became a factor to underlie the movement carried out by these hippies to demand that the American government change the system - a zionist system that harmed young people as well as civil society at the time.

Massive Pioneers Referred to as Beat Generation

Beat Generation is said to be a group that pioneered the Hippies movement around the world.

This generation is referred to as a group of young people who work in the form of written works who voice their voices through writing to oppose American culture - culture and politics at that time is considered unsettling by young people.

This beat generation consists of some wild young people who take drugs for their substance in criticizing the government. In his writings they included sexual elements that at that time It was very taboo for the public to criticize the government at that time.

This Beat Generation was originally only engaged in literature and the social movement eventually expanded to other fields such as music, painting, etc. following the development of protestors at that time.

The Impact of the Movement Carried Out by Hippies

The Movement of Humanity, Anti-War, Free Love And the formation of the term Peace Love and unity is a symbol of the movement that hippies do when voicing their voices. Not only that due to the widespread community and hippie participants, the Hippies Movement itself has also grown to be very large and even worthy of being said to be a culture that was created because resistance to the government at that time which was in full swing in the fight against the communists in 1960 ( USA ).

Hippies themselves voiced their voices not only in the form of social movements, They voiced their form of protest through various fields & media which were very impactful at that time such as :

Art (Starting from Style & how to use, Painting, Hippies has its own motifs in it)
Music
Film

From the much information about hippies, surely you already know that these hippies are counter-cullture ( or you could say the founder of several sub-cultures that follow the development hippies themselves ). Like Art, Music & Film, Hippies have their own characteristics in exploring media, especially art media, so as to create new sub-genres in each of the fields they use .

Hippies are synonymous with ?

Hippies is a new cultural movement that was flattened by young people in the early 1960s to voice opposition to the old-fashioned culture of previous generations who were only concerned with a profit from the fruits of warfare, ( Substantially from Psychedelic Drugs ) The movement made by young people at that time was very creative, the Style and the way they protested was very democratic. They use unique properties and the decorations they wear have a deep message such as "Love is more colorfull without war", therefore hippies are often classified as flower generation ( Flower Generation ).

And don't forget to characterize hippies for men at that time was long hair which declared a freedom of life without restrictions.

A widespread movement to form a Culture that is modeled by other Countries ?!

Starting from famous musicians such as The Beatles,Gratefull Dead,Croshby Still & Nash, The Who,Creedence Clearwater revival, Santana, Jimmi Hendrix, Janis joplin,Jefferson Airplane And Notables - famous figures like Jack Nicholson,Jim Carrey, Andy Warhol who joined the vibe when the hippies movement peaked in 1967.

Due to the Hippies Fever which became increasingly popular and known as a new style that was popular at that time was finally noticed by musicians - musicians and big figures joined the peak atmosphere from 1967 to 1969 with the music performance of the Woodstock festival in Bethel,New York ( 1969 ).

Because of the huge impact made by hippies and great figures and musicians who participated in enlivening the peak vibes of hippies fever at that time, it inspired many young people from countries Another to follow the hippies ' style of voicing a voice to the government.

List of Musicians - musicians who participated in the hippies movement :

The Beatles
janis joplin
Gratefull Dead
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Who
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Santana
Jimmi Hendrix
Canned Heat
Jefferson Airplane

Hippies Culture & Style spread to several Europe & Asia countries, moreover Indonesia.

Hippies Style Fight Form in Indonesia

From several countries that followed the development of hippies culture in the 1960s, young people in Indonesia in the 1970s were also influenced by new cultures originating from America.

Although in Indonesia only adopted a handful of some hippies cultures such as long hair and followed fashion trends that were quite unique at that time.

The form of resistance voiced by young people in the country at that time was about the government system being too tough and taking for granted the long-haired young people in the 1970s, Child - Young Indonesians at that time voiced a nepotist and anti-criticism government system.

At that time even though the youth in Indonesia only adopted hippies as a fashion style, the Indonesian government in that era considered long hair a serious problem. Young people with long hair at that time were not ignored by the government as it is today, Because the indonesian government system at that time was authoritarian, the Government established a Coordinating Board Eradication of Long Hair ( Bakorperagon ). The institution, which is also cooperated by military officials tasked with cutting hair- the hair of young men who are long on the grounds that they are judged to be 'inconsistent with the identity of the nation.

In the New Order Era , the young man with long and long hair was attached to the stigma of being declared a criminal & rebel of the country.

ART,MUSIC & MOVIES

Art media is the purest medium in voicing the voice of hippies youth at that time, it can be said that the hippies movement is the most creative movement because it uses art & music as a medium They are to explore in voicing their resistance.

From the results of ex-ploarsi and collaboration between american artists, artists & musicians at that time, Hippies was further divided into several fields and groupings of each in each medium they channeled. Hippie itself is a counter culture ( Counterculture ) which has derivatives that are identical to: Psychedelic Art, Psychedelic Music, Even Psychedelic Movies.

I've previously discussed 'What is Psychedelic?!' You can read the article below :
What Is Psychedelic Mean ?

Meanwhile, along with the development of the Hippies fever in 1960-1969 , there were several film directors who participated in enlivening the hippies fever at that time by making hippies films that were averagely packed with the Drama Musical Movies genre which was identical to the elements of its psychedelic.

The Development of Hippies Culture From the Golden Period to the Present

Starting from Art, Music and Even Film, Hippies Culture evolved into a broader substance 'There are even some hippies culturalists in the USA who really understand the substance as hippies ,after they passed through the golden age of that era- until now they still adopted and made it a way to live.

Personal Understanding and Interpretation of the Hippie Movement

The Hippies movement itself is known as one of the Counter-Culture movements that developed in the United States, this movement was born because of several underlying factors, namely freedom and way of thinking. The previous generation was very tough and obedient to a system that was contrary to the norms of humanity at that time.

Historically, this movement was founded by a group of young people referred to as Beat Generations, to fight against the previous generation Beat Generations was born as the antithesis of the previous generation who were in value is too authoritarian and old-fashioned, as a result of the radical thinking of previous generations blinded by the ambition of conquest, war and Power ! Hippies formed a movement known as the new Left movement.