Why beads at raves

Ever since, PLUR culture has been synonymous with the rave scene, and today, ravers demonstrate respect and love to everyone while expressing themselves and dancing the night away in peace and unity. Kandi is symbolic of PLUR culture and symbolizes a strong connection made between two people at a rave or festival. One of the most special parts of trading kandi actually occurs before the trade even happens while making kandi.

Although some people choose to buy kandi, this is generally frowned upon in kandi etiquette , because kandi is supposed to be meaningful, special, and unique.

Making kandi requires just a few simple supplies. These are the easiest to make and are also the most commonly traded with other people. Perlers can be made to resemble certain cartoon characters, shapes, symbols, and patterns, and the only limit on what they can be is your creativity. Check out this blog post for how to make your own 3D Kandi Cuff!

Kandi is traded when you make a special connection with someone, whether it be a person you met in line for the porta-potties, your BFF, or the hot guy dancing next to you all night. This creates special meaning and memories behind the kandi you trade, and those memories can stick with you for years to come. As a general rule, kandi is always swapped after doing the PLUR handshake. When I saw him again, he had made that for me without me knowing.

It was just a sentimental moment for me. Not only do the beads represent friendship they are a key fashion trend for US ravers, and the more bracelets the better. For instance, when Matt goes to raves his arm is completely covered in them - he has even got one with an alien on it. It keeps me warm during cold festivals.

Some even go a step further and create necklaces with cartoon characters which look like they are made from Hama beads. So Kandi bracelets are a super cute and funky form of friendship bracelets for ravers. This is the kind of positivity we need in Also Hayley and Matt are definitely FriendshipGoals! When I received my first piece of Kandi in , my head was spinning from the loud music and the swirls of kaleidoscopic color around me.

I looked down at my wrist, now wreathed by a rainbow bracelet made of plastic art beads. The girl who had given it to me had already melted back into the technicolor mass of dancing bodies and heavy bass. I was bewildered, wondering why a stranger would go out of her way to give me such a bizarre gift. Originating in Los Angeles in the early s, the group of eternally young, EDM-obsessed ravers—mainly teenagers and young adults—populate the underground free party scene along the West Coast.

These days, though, Kandi Kids have taken on the responsibility of keeping their community as safe as sober ravers, a mantle that has evolved out of necessity, working to prevent harm. It's a testament to how nightlife culture has shifted since the federal RAVE Act was signed into law in Others will name their favorite festival, DJ or genre of music. This adds a nice little personal touch. Another way to personalize bracelets is to spell out a word that you associate with yourself-and to give this bracelet to someone with this in common.

Well, there is a very specific way to trade these bracelets at festivals-this is where the PLUR handshake comes into play.

With each word of the PLUR, phase is a specific hand action that you will do during the handshake.