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The hippie sub-culture appears to be alive and well here in Southern Ontario. I have attended a couple of long-weekend music festivals which were populated by hippies of all ages. There are a lot of woolie sweaters, knotted hair braids, plaid shirts and drum circles - and if you wear a watch it gets noticed pretty quickly. I don't know about the free love stuff, but mind food has been known to be consumed by attendees at these music festivals from time to time. The people all seem to have day jobs, but not to support the lifestyle of upwardly mobile uber-consumers. Fun to visit, warm and friendly atmosphere throughout, and if I was to rework my life I could see having a strong strand of hippie in the warp and weft of my history. Organic foods, comfortable clothes, healthy choices and awareness of the happiness and spirit of others appears to be the mainstay of the hippies I have been with. A very low key group.
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