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Honguito
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Posted : Sep 19, 2005 18:13
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Ever since the first time I saw "last hippie standing" I've been fascinated of the alternative hippie villages. As most of us know, Goa isn't what it used to be anymore. So are there any other hippie villages around these days? I can name two:
-Nimbin in Australia ( http://www.nimbinaustralia.com/ )
-Christiana in Denmark ( http://www.christiania.org/ )
I never heard about Nimbin until this day when my girlfriend who's backpacking in Australia right now told me about it. Christiania are facing heavy problems with the governments at the moment. They used to sell "soft drugs", cannabis and shrooms, openly but the situation has tightened up a lot. Not only about the drugs, it's about Chrisitanias whole existence.
Anyway, what I'd like to achieve with this post is getting more examples of hippie villages that exists in the world.
Peace!
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robomarket
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Posted : Sep 19, 2005 20:09
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Not a big fan of the whole idea, but they do seem interesting. I used to dream about living somewhere far away with like minded people who share everything in good or evil...those kinds of utopialist thoughts. But that is for man people far from achievable.
That Christiania village sounds like it's a religion camp  |
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HandA
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Posted : Sep 19, 2005 20:47
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On 2005-09-19 18:13, Honguito wrote:
Christiania are facing heavy problems with the governments at the moment. They used to sell "soft drugs", cannabis and shrooms, openly but the situation has tightened up a lot. Not only about the drugs, it's about Chrisitanias whole existence.
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There a widespread misunderstanding among people here that this is a new conflict between Christiania and The Authorities. It's not! It's a conflict that's been going on since Christiania was "created".
And I have to say that there's very little "hippie" over Christiania these days. There's many ordinary families living there too. And there's not many hippes left. They kind of died out in the early 70's and got jobs and are now quite conservative and borgouis (settled). Some even work for the Government 
But there are also many sad excistances there like the drunk Eskimoes from Greenland we forgot to take care of when we decided to "occupy" Greenland etc.
The whole conflict is about the huge drug market there. Not only soft drugs but also Heroin and other hard drugs. And the fact that Christania attract a lot of drugrelated crime including the ocassional drugrelated killings.
Before it was Hell Angels who controlled the drug traffic there. Today it's immigrant gangs versus Hell Angels. Even the people living at Christania want them long gone.
On the other hand there's also the legal issues of Christiania. Christiania used to be a Navy area. When it was abandoned it was occupied by the Hippies and that's how Christania came to life. The only problem is that the state own the property and has never legally approved Christiania.
I think Christiania will survive but those living there have to realise that they too have to pay tax and provide to the society too. They have for way too many years lived there without paying for anything such as rent, electricity etc. And they also have to realise that some of the illegal houses they have build there are way too dangerious simply because they are so poorly build.
Christiania will survive but probably under a bit more controlled terms. |
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Troll@CrackWhoreModels
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 00:27
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yes christiania is not very "hippie" anymore if you can say that |
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Honguito
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 01:36
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HandA, thanks for clarifying this commonspread misunderstanding |
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Dennis the menace
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 02:32
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what about thylejern in denmark? not sure its a hippycommunity but i had a hippyfriend from there =)
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Honguito
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 02:39
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Dennis the menace: I've never heard about that place and neither has google.com Are you sure that hippiefriend was totally sober when he told you the name of the village?  |
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Neville Bone
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 09:22
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Appaerently The Rainbow people which are the same people who used to organize THE SOLIPSE festival just bought an island in Malaysia (if I'm not wrong) and a friend of mine in this forum "Ganigia Gil" which is now in Brazil has been invited to go and live in a hippy community.Haven't heard anything fom him since he told me he was on his way there!!!! |
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Vagator Vibhushan
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 10:20
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personally i dream of being part of a travelling tribe than a settled one
 helping apple pies take over the world since Damion predicted so
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HandA
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 10:21
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On 2005-09-20 02:39, Honguito wrote:
Dennis the menace: I've never heard about that place and neither has google.com Are you sure that hippiefriend was totally sober when he told you the name of the village?
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Actually he is right. But the name was "thylejeren".
It's long gone now.
Sorry in Danish only.
http://www.1960erne.dk/dkhalvfjerdserne.php |
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exotic
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 11:39
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On 2005-09-20 09:22, Neville Bone wrote:
Appaerently The Rainbow people which are the same people who used to organize THE SOLIPSE festival just bought an island in Malaysia (if I'm not wrong) and a friend of mine in this forum "Ganigia Gil" which is now in Brazil has been invited to go and live in a hippy community.Haven't heard anything fom him since he told me he was on his way there!!!!
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ohh has he..
coz i was wondering where has ganja disappeared ..
really happy for him ..
missing plug-in |
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 12:13
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nimbin isn't a little hippy town... this region (northern nsw, australia) is alternative and has a high percentage of hippies, trippies, new agey's .. yogis.. yuppy's who practive yoga and a few very very enlightened people ... but we are the minority still
nimbin would make many of u sick ... the area is so beautiful and from what my father said the aquarious festival in the 70's was "MINDBLOWINGLY AMAZING" ... but now its just a smacky cracky seedy drug fuct slum of abuse
however australia still has many communes (hippy villages) some work some don't ... its still a whole lot more concious then the 'burbs'
i personally see it like this ...
create ur own hippy village reality wherever u go ... smile and see the light .. appreciate the trees and the flowers and with every breath, in every moment... breath in life
LIVE
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acidonacid
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 12:19
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I really like this idea of hippie villages.
A friend from Denmark and member of our forum when come here in my counntry
explain me about Cristiania and personally I would like to stay in a place like this.
And I dont have any problem if this happen as HandA says
under more controlled terms beacause this is more realistic for our days.
Open your mind... |
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HandA
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 12:31
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On 2005-09-20 12:19, acidonacid wrote:
I really like this idea of hippie villages.
A friend from Denmark and member of our forum when come here in my counntry
explain me about Cristiania and personally I would like to stay in a place like this.
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I just want to repeat that there's very little "Hippie Village" over Christiania these days. |
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acidonacid
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Posted : Sep 20, 2005 12:38
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I know my friend and I wish we have more..
Open your mind... |
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