Bohemian icon?

The Rainbow Gathering is an annual meeting of like minded individuals with a bohemian bent that reject capitalism and materialism and embrace utopian ideals, the creative life, environmentalism, and diversity.

References : Monet, D. (n.d.) Boho - The Fashion History of Bohemian Style. 19 Jun 2012, from http://doloresmonet.hubpages.com/hub/BohoTheFashionHistoryofBohemianClothes#




20th century rainbow gathering

Figure 1: Brothers: (Source: festival-rainbow-gathering-2_17034_600x450.jpg, 2009)

the American Festivals Project attended the Rainbow Gathering in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest on the July of 2009. It is an annual even that held in national forests across the U.S., grew out of the 1960s counterculture movement and usually draws between 10,000 and 20,000 people focused on peace, love, and respect for nature.

Traditionally, thousands of people meet in the central circle of the Rainbow Gathering camp on the Fourth of July to meditate and pray for world peace. Everyone is expected to keep silent from sunrise on the Fourth to the moment when the prayer circle is broken, sometime after noon. During the 2009 gathering, dark storm clouds broke minutes after the prayer circle ended—and a double rainbow appeared in the sky.

References: McDermott, R. (2009) Rainbow Gathering. Retrieve 15 July 2012 from http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/american-festivals/rainbow-gathering-photos/