Ome Cor and his life in Gypsy wagons in the Netherlands. Two links.
Many of the UK’s new Travellers and other hippy spirits from around the globe, elves, pirates and all kinds of alternative types, have long made their homes in the area of Southern Spain around Grenada.
Lots of old clapped out vehicles, people and cave-dwellers. In other words, a mixed bag. Good and bad. Optimistic and sad…
A couple of links to tales from this area. One from Plaid Zebra magazine and one to a Spanish site in English.
Favourites of the road protest camps, street busking and alternative UK festies.
We ARE all the Pixie People and Faery Folk! Links to Pook of Pok (poet/singer/muso with the Spacegoats) – rants, links and songs, and to a separate video not on Pok’s site (Pok with John) Crazy Man Michael and more.
Pull up a chair and throw another log on the fire! Sam's website which aims to educate, entertain and inspire. Lots of things here including information on New Travellers, Ancient sites, Festivals, Music, Sustainability, Spirituality and much more!
Rainbow gatherings. Apparently the largest grouping of non-members on the planet with a variety of websites and on-line pages. Also, here’s a link to a film of one gathering in Portugal in 2011.
Lots of pics of Rainbow Gatherings, when they happened for the first time in Europe in the early ‘80s in the Swiss alps.
An old, traditional Gypsy cave community, now revitalised and inhabited by modern day gypsies and travellers. Located in the hills above eastern Granada in Spain.
Here’s a link to high quality photo-story about the area/community/tourist attractions.
From the photos, many of the new 'locals' appear to be akin to the world tribes of new Travellers and hippies.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s many DiYers and self-builders looked to Shelter’s books from the USA for inspiration plus practical ideas. Many of the books and others have been updated and are still available, whilst original copies have achieved something of iconic status. Includes Lloyd Kahn’s blog…and videos. Includes new materials on tiny homes on the move.
Solar Festival – a tipi group started a little festival in Germany, running only with solarpower. It is a Free Festival.
This link to the Freq Nasty site offers some of the ‘tales’ from the free party scene that Spiral Tribe and other rave sound systems were involved with.
Plus a link to the video of Spiral’s FFWD The Revolution. There are lots more to be found in youtube-land.