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Originally Posted by abaya
Come to think of it, is Hippie a purely American concept, or can it apply to other countries as well? Of course, with Europe's emphasis on liberal values and environmental awareness, the whole damn continent might qualify as Hippie. The Netherlands in particular.  |
Or even more in particular the Czechs knows as "Bohemians." They're the ones that seem to have been doing this the longest. I would imagine the hippie-lifestyle association with gypsies and Bohemians is not coincidental. A perfect mix of wandering, half-criminal free-spirits mixed with the bored children of the middle and upper-middle class. Yep, that would just about do it.
La vie boheme!
EDIT ADDED: Of course, here in the South we have our own version of gypsies - the Irish Travelers. What else would you expect from Dixie - a conservative gypsy con-artist with a work-ethic. They are monstrously fascinating and I've always wished I was secretly one but I just hadn't discovered my lost bloodline to them yet.
EDIT AGAIN: Read carefully. I didn't say the Travelers were hippies - I said they were gypsies. BIG difference. BIG difference.