Raves

‘Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows’ Techno / Dubstep are played at these exciting and social events. People who participate in Raving trade bracelets as a sign of peace, love, unity, and respect towards another called ‘kandi’ or ‘kandii’. The beginning of rave parties occurred in 1950s in London. By 1991, organizations such as Fantazia, Universe, Raindance, and Amnesia House were holding massive legal raves in fields and warehouses around the country. There are also rave dances, they are called ‘shuffling’ (movement of your legs which make you look like you’re gliding on the ground) which you typically do to a music that is called ‘hardstyle’, ‘tecktonik’ (tricks with your arms) which has its own tecktonik music, Jumpstyle (jumping dance) which also has it’s own jumpstyle music. There is one another rave tradition which involves a pair of gloves with lights on the end of them, some ravers can get very good at this and create psychedelic images with the lights to ‘trip out’ the viewers of this spectacular show.