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 :
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.
