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South Africa
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Section: Hippie Havens | Category: Place | Area: South Africa | Topic: Hippiedom
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"If you're looking for hippies South Africa has got them. Cape Town especially hosts a large hippy community, here we have the famous Green Market Square where hippies sell their creation from clothes to paintings. Every year from late June into early July thousands of people make their way to Grahmstown, a small town in the middle of nowhere, for the Grahmstown festival. Every hippy in the country winds up there sometime time during the 2-week festival. The festival is actually an arts festival where plays of all kinds (from miming to Shakespeare) can be seen, but along with the abundant actors come the hippies, hoping to make a profit off the large crowds of tourists and catch a few laughs at one of the many comedy plays. The entire town consists of two main streets and several theatre houses, what space is not being used for makeshift stages is a hippy market the size of a football field. All those who have been to one of the annual Grahmstown festivals agree on one thing; it gets better every year. As more and more people come and the hordes of hippies become uncountable the atmosphere seems to grow in a unique feeling of appreciation for the newfound peace in this unstable country. As I returned home to Cape Town after the latest festival I realized that I met more humane people from all over South Africa than I had in years of travel. It's an experience of a lifetime not to be missed."
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Posted by Magnus on 2007-11-09 09:05:13
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Comment: hey.
This place got soo much to offer; I drove around the western and mid parts of the country and had a blast. Met former ANC operatives that told stories about the fight against babylon back in the days.... Wow. The Kalahari is the most beautiful place on the planet, and the locals are correct and cool. Wildlife every 2 minutes.... Just go!
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