The hippy commune were hosting a "Rainbow Family Gathering" before being told to leave by cops in Harz, highland Germany. 11. A couple strip off and share a tender moment at a Rainbow Gathering, ...

Karin Zirk, a Rainbow Family member from San Diego, California, said 2014 wasn’t that bad compared with the gatherings between 2002 and 2008. “Those, to me, were the worst years,” Zirk said.

Stephen Wing, 61, of Atlanta, a Rainbow who attended his first gathering in 1981, was pleased to see the Rainbow Family come to Georgia. It was easier for him to attend the gathering, he said, but ...

To some, the Rainbow Family is just a bunch of freeloading hobos. To others, they're inspirational. ... self-sustainable commune," said Quest, 18, a friend of Shades'.