2. Hippie [hip-ee]
• A Hippie is a person, especially of the late
1960s, who has rejected established values for
an alternative culture of their own.
• The movement originally started as a youth
subculture In San Francisco, California, Then
spread across the United States and parts of
Europe.
• Hippies were inspired by the likes of Buddha,
Henry David and Gandhi.
3. Characteristics :
• Free-loving
• Often experiment with drugs
• Peace (anti war)
• Flower power
• Long hair
• Colourful clothes
• Music orientated
• Belief in living simply (nature)
6. Some famous musicians who were associated
with the sub-culture and played an influential
part in the ‘Hippie movement’:
Bob Dylan Janis Joplin
Neil Young Grace Slick John Lennon