Rainbow gathering: A meadow turns colourful
There was a meadow and then people from all over came and the meadow turned into a bustling village. A month later the tents were gone and if he would not have seen it with his own eyes, he would never have known they were there..
photo by Flickr user: fireflies604
A few days ago on my way back home from vacation I sat next to another home-coming guy, who had just left 30 degree warm Finland, where he had spent close to a month at a Rainbow Gathering. What’s that?
Wikipedia describes it as follows:
“Rainbow Gatherings are temporary intentional communities, typically held in outdoor settings, and espousing and practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously expressed alternative to mainstream popular culture, consumerism, capitalism and mass media.”
Jean-Louis, the man from the bus, goes there every year. It’s back to a simple way of life for him and the place is full with good musicians. He told me that everybody finds a place in the community, be it entertaining or cooking or chilling or helping with other chores. Imagine a bunch of people preparing yummy food, being surounded by musicians and then when the meal is served a hat is passed around and you put in there what you like. Some will put 10Euros each meal others not a penny in four weeks. And it’s all good.
cheers, Sylvia
For more (detailed) info, here some links:
Finland Rainbow Gathering: http://eurogathering.rainbowinfo.net/
List of gatherings worldwide: http://www.roadjunky.com/article/2299/rainbow-gatherings-2010-in-europe-us-and-the-rest-of-the-world
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August 15th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
yes, i have met quite some people telling about their rainbow gathering experience. even one that ran into the people from the gathering by accident
good food, creative and open minded people with a conciousness to nature. sounds all perfect. the only thing I’ve heard that keeps me away from going till now is that a lot of drugs are being consumed… would be great to hear how other people think about this who actually went there…
August 15th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Hi Mira, do you know the names of the ones that people told you about? I could imagine that there are differences to the various gatherings. While I would not be surprised if some drugs were going on in the Finish one, I did not have the impression talking to Jean-Louis that this was what the event was about. He said there are different types of people, so I guess one will spending ones time with people with a similar outlook.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
hi
i just came from finland where i spent actively 1 month with the rainbow brothers and sisters.
This is really great.
The fact is that in a rainbow you can not prohibit anything or give any lesson, nevertheless alcool, drugs energies and electric device are not welcomed.
i saw few people smoking.
The balanced minds that we were sang and danced the whole day.
Sauna and swimming in the lake after workshop or a thai massage were my top activities
chears
but
i think it is dangerous to promote the link like this mira and the news should come from mouth to mouth …that s how rainbow trippers come with their drugs and alcool energies
anyway hugs and love to all
fab