Reddit reviews People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia

A great book is People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia. Rainbow Gatherings have been happening since 1972 after a spiritual calling for a community of people wanting to shift the societal paradigm was felt after the Vortex I Festival (inadvertently created by Nixon!)

I've been to the Rainbow Gathering a couple times and was attracted to it initially because of its egalitarian philosophy based on interconnected wholeness of all living systems and likewise reflecting this in their actions. Of course, there are takers, so-called "drainbows" that are basically street kids that had messed up childhoods and ran away from home or became vagabonds for some other reason who are not living the Rainbow ideals (there are exceptions though and I've actually camped with the so-called "dirty kids" that weren't bad people and they definitely weren't hippies).

Overall, they're a really nice group of people. Note that if you want to come, alcohol is forbidden inside the Gathering but at the Front Gate there is a camp called A-camp where you can drink to your heart's content if that's what you like to do.

Everyone is welcome, as long as they're not harming others which is a pretty basic rule for being a functioning human being, which is why the Rainbow Family says anyone with a bellybutton is welcome.

Also, if you see a white person that has dreads and is wearing tribal-esque clothes it doesn't necessarily mean they're a hippy...they could also be a pirate. you'll know what I mean when you see it.