Presentation.

The hippie counterculture is a current appeared in the 1960s in the United States, before spreading to the rest of the world. The hippies, drawn largely from youth large baby boom after the war, rejected traditional values and lifestyle of their parents’ generation and the consumer society. In general, the hippies rejected the values associated with work, professional success and the primacy of technological goods to the detriment of natural properties.

Woodstock Festival.

In August 1969, in United States, the Woodstock Festival took place, a festival of music and a gathering of hippie culture.
Organized to be held from August 15, 1969 to August 17, 1969, and 50,000 spectators were gathered, he finally received more than 500,000, and he continued one more day, until the morning of August 18, 1969. The festival proposed concerts of 32 groups and soloists of music folk, rock, soul and blues.

Expression used.

Peace and Love, "Paix et amour" is the expression of the hippies of the 1960s. The current hippie for the same reasons took another slogan from the Vietnam War, Make love not war, “Faites l’amour pas la guerre”.
Flower Power "Le pouvoir des fleurs" is another term that originated in the Summer of Love 1967 in San Francisco. The orders were then "wear flowers in their hair. It is from this they were called Flower children, "Les enfants fleurs". In general, all these expressions were seeking to bring an opposition to war and violence.
The hippy trail.

The hippy trail is a term used to refer to the travel undertaken by this generation. The journey was often made by bus or hitchhiking, you could take part in which ever city you were, Amsterdam, London, Istanbul, but also Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. The purpose of these trips was "the quest for self", or "seeking God".

The aesthetics of hippies.

Partly in rebellion against the customs, the hippie both men and women were wearing long hair.

The Hippies were wearing bright