4 Days of Music, Peace, and Love- Reliving the Woodstock Music Festival 1969 (2 of 5)

The Vibes of the Music Festival

The festival not only stood up for peace, love and freedom, but it also propagated various other ideas and thoughts.

Spirituality and Meditation

To bring about positivity and calmness, rituals reflecting spirituality and meditation were practiced by many. Even one of the opening acts was by Swami Satchidananda, who spoke about the power of meditation and spirituality.

Fun and Relaxation

Many attendees participated in fun activities, while others only relaxed and grooved to the beats. The ground was muddy and wet. People took advantage of this and started splashing into it, enjoying their heart out.

Bringing out Your Real Self

The festival’s vibes demanded that you must “Be You”. All opinions were respected and all the new fashion was encouraged. People started wearing different and unique clothes and accessories. The festival brought out the idea of “Bohemian Fashion”.

Respecting and Encouraging Diversity

The festival was a conglomeration of all kinds of people: hippies, music lovers, mavericks and performers. The Woodstock Music Festival symbolized representation of American Diversity. People from all walks of life came together to create the World’s Largest Music Festival of the 1970s.

The festival had people of all age groups possible. Everyone, from a child to youngsters, the older and even the pets made it to the festival of love and peace. In fact, two babies were born during the event!

The Festival of Peace

The central theme of the event was peace. The posters had “Peace Bird” drawn over it, inviting people to celebrate peace. The festival symbolized how harmony and peace bring out joy and freedom to people and how much one can enjoy when the world is peaceful, without war and in harmony.

Many people came to the festival unplanned. They brought no food, no clothing, and no hygiene supplies. Yet, they made a community kitchen to serve all. There was a feeling of oneness. People used to share their supplies and food with strangers. They kept the Peace and Harmony vibe going!

The Freedom Van

Another unique thing which symbolized the festival was Freedom. The vans, which were decorated with the ideas of freedom became one of the most famous ones. People painted up their vans and relaxed in them. The colorful cars were the “messengers of freedom and peace”.

The festival also signified a revolution against sexism, racism, war and animal cruelty. The main aim was to bring freedom and harmony among the people. The festival did have a social dimension attached to it.

The Festival of Love!

The couple captured in the picture below actually got married after the Festival! They made an impromptu plan to come to the festival and were captured looking around, wrapped up together in a blanket. How’s that for a love story!