What is a rave to you?

[Gaeth]

Out of curiosity, would you mind telling me what a rave is to you?

Personally, I think of it as a liberating experience. All your life you're told what not to do.

Don't play loud music.

Don't act out.

Don't dress strangely.

Don't don't don't don't...

But at a rave, you throw all that to the winds and let loose. You let all that so-called "culture" free, and a more primal force takes hold of you.

It's a celebration of humanity. As simple as that.

At least, that's what it is to me.

[SpinKittE]

Happiness and Friends

[Corn_slice]

A good fun time!

[Fishbone]

8 hours of utter joy.

[mushroomtip]

raves areee fun and exciting. a good way to make memories and new friends

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[Daddy Long Legs]

it is the time where i can forget about the worlds fucked up problems for 8 hours. its also when i can be happy with friends and people regardless of anyones backgrounds. its my generations way of appreciating life for all its goodness.

[Rawk_z3r0]

This is what raving feels like to me:

Our emotional state of choice is ecstacy,
Our nourishment of choice is love,
Our addiction of choice is technology,
Our religion of choice is music,
Our currency of choice is knowledge,
Our politics of choice is none,
Our society of choice is utopian, though we know it will never be.

You may hate us, you may dismiss us, you may misunderstand us, you may be unaware of our existence, we are not criminals, we are not disillusioned, we are not drug addicts , we are not naive children, we are one massive global, tribal village, that transcends man-made laws, physical geography, and time itself, we are The Massive, One Massive.
We were first drawn by the sound from far away, the thunderous muffled , echoing beat was comparable to a mothers heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel and electric wiring.
We were drawn back into this womb , and there in the heat, dampness and darkness of it all we came to accept that we are all equal.
Not only to the darkness , and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls, we are all equal, and somewhere around 35Hz we could feel the hand of God at our backs, pushing us forward , pushing us to push ourselves , pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can , for one evening protect us from the horrors , atrocities and pollution of the outside world.
It is in that very instant with these initial realisations that each of us was truly born.

We continue to pack our bodies into clubs , or warehouses, or buildings you have abandoned and left for nought, and we bring life to them for one night , strong throbbing, vibrant life in its purest most intense , most hedonistic form.
In these makeshift spaces ,we seek to shed ourselves of the of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilise and secure for us.
We seek to relinquish our inhibitions and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you have put on us for your own peace of mind, We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born.
Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible.
Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops , and run through mazes and get onto a hampster`s wheel.
Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands.
Programming that tells us to close our minds instead of open them.

Until the sun rises to burn your eyes by revealing the distopian reality of a world you have created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture and of the values we believe in.
These are.... Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, statement, Responsibility and Respect.

Our enemy of choice is ignorance,
Our weapon of choice is information,
Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to stop us from celebrating our existence,
But know that while you may shut down any given party on any given night in any given city, in any given country on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party, You do not have access to that switch, no matter what you may think.
The music will never stop ,
The heartbeat will never fade,
The party will never end.
I am a Raver this is my manifesto

[Fishbone]

The Infamous, Raver's Manifesto.

[Grandmas]

A place to dance hours upon hours with your best friends.
A place to meet new people, most of who are awesome people that have great personality and perspectives on things.
A place to listen to your favorite music into the deep night without any other worry in the world.
A rave is like no other experience in the world

[kidvibe]

Originally Posted by Fishbone

The Infamous, Raver's Manifesto.

right -and forgot to give the credit where due.


Raves are a feeling of nothingness that can be filled to the brims with love; to cast-a-side even the biggest of all chips - Anxiety.
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Its where i go to release the pressure of everyday life.






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[Fishbone]

Originally Posted by kidvibe

right -and forgot to give the credit where due.


Raves are a feeling of nothingness that can be filled to the brims with love; to cast-a-side even the biggest of all chips - Anxiety.
&
Its where i go to release the pressure of everyday life.






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which reminds me to ask, do you know where it came from? i hear it's from the uk, but no one i know really knows. maybe mr. rawk knows? ;P

[Rawk_z3r0]

Originally Posted by kidvibe

right -and forgot to give the credit where due.

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Originally Posted by Fishbone

which reminds me to ask, do you know where it came from? i hear it's from the uk, but no one i know really knows. maybe mr. rawk knows? ;P

No, don't know, sorry! X3 I would've put it in quotes with whoever wrote it as the poster name, if I did, though.

Mr. Rawk, I like that.