23 photos show just how uninhibited the hippies were

The hippie movement began in 1965 in the USA. The word “hippie” itself comes from the colloquial hip, which means “knowing, understanding.” The subculture flourished in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Crowds of young people with long hair did their best to promote love for all living things and for each other, opposed the war and had a blast at music festivals like no other (Woodstock alone is worth it).

Although the movement has long since declined, representatives of this subculture can still be found all over the world. By the way, some of the ideas that hippies promoted were not taken seriously by the conservative society of the 1970s and were considered utopian. However, they are the ones who have firmly entered the mentality of modern man.

A woman dances to the music of Led Zeppelin at the Knebworth Festival, UK, 1979. Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images.

Left: Fans await the start of a Rolling Stones concert in London's Hyde Park, July 1969. Right: A brightly dressed woman with fresh flowers and body art.

People dance at the Altamont Festival, held at the race park, December 1969. Photo: Robert Altman/Getty Images

Left: A young hippie sits in Central Park, New York, 1969. Right: A couple waits for the Monterey Pop Festival to begin, 1967.

A man sleeps on two parked cars during the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, 1969. Photo: Bill Eppridge/Getty Images.

A couple with flower body art at the Isle of Wight Festival on the Isle of Wight, 1970. Photo: Mirrorpix/Getty Images.

Isle of Wight Festival, 1969. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images.

Left: A couple indulges in free love in a tent, Isle of Wight Festival, 1969. Right: Nude woman at a concert in Hyde Park, 1970.

Young people go to Woodstock. Photo: Bill Eppridge/Getty Images.

Photo: Ralph Ackerman/Getty Images.

A group of naked hippies on the beach during the Isle of Wight festival, 1969.

A mother and child swim in a lake, Vermont, 1970. Photo: Robert Altman/Getty Images.

Left: George Harrison borrows a guitar from local hippies while walking through Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 1967. Right: Protesters rally for the legalization of drugs in Hyde Park, London, 1967.

1969

Hippies gathered near Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, 1972. Photo: Roger Hutchings/Getty Images.

Left: Woodstock 1969. Right: People covered in foam have fun at the Isle of Wight festival.

A couple goes to Woodstock in a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. Photo: Ralph Ackerman/Getty Images.