- Images of Nambassa
Images of Nambassa is a photo gallery in support of the 1970s
Nambassa festivals and its other related events.Nambassa
Nambassa was a series of
hippie -conceived festivals held between 1976 and 1981 on large farms aroundWaihi andWaikino inNew Zealand -Aotearoa . They weremusic ,arts and alternatives festivals that focused onpeace ,love , and anenvironmentally friendly lifestyle. In addition to popular entertainment, they featuredworkshop s and displays advocatingholistic health issues,alternative medicine , clean andsustainable energy , and unadulterated foods. [Nambassa: A New Direction, edited by Colin Broadley and Judith Jones, A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1979.ISBN 0589012169.]Nambassa is also the tribal name of a
charitable trust that has championed sustainable ideas and demonstrated practical counterculture ideals, a spiritually basedalternative lifestyle ,environmentalism and green issues from the early 1970s to the present. [Nambassa: A New Direction, edited by Colin Broadley and Judith Jones, A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1979.ISBN 0589012169.]The Nambassa Winter Show with Mahana
The Nambassa Winter Show with Mahana was a musical theatrical production of 60 entertainers and crew who toured the
North Island ofNew Zealand in a convoy of Mobile homes, buses and vans, performing at major centres andtheatres throughout September and October 1978. While initially 4 main shows were schedule for this collectivetheatre company, repeat and spontaneous performances around the nation saw this number of live performances increased to over 10. This theatrical extravaganza was organised by theNambassa Trust as part of its national promotion of thearts and towards promoting its 1979 3 day music, crafts and Alternative lifestyle festival which was held inWaihi attracting 70,000 people. . [http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i138/nambas/ATheatricalExtravaganza.jpgThe Wellington Dominion, A theatrical extravaganza]New Zealand’s Housetruckers of the 1970s
New Zealand’s Housetruckers of the 1970s . Housetruckers are individuals, families and groups who convert old trucks and
school buses into mobile-homes and live in them, preferring an unattached and transient gypsy lifestyle to more conventional housing. These unique vehicles began appearing around New Zealand during the mid 1970’s and even though there are fewer today they continue to adorn NZ roads. [Nambassa: A New Direction, edited by Colin Broadley and Judith Jones, A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1979.ISBN 0589012169.]Waikino Music Festival
Waikino Music Festival was a 1976 music and alternatives event held on Bicknell’s farm in the picturesque Waitawheta Valley between
Waikino andWaihi ,New Zealand . The event was staged by the Nambassa community.Gallery
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