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the name came from 2 surces
1 the boyscouts lent them a rainbow colored tipi for the 1st gathering as a central meeting place
but 2nd and more important cheif joseph (i think lakota tribe) had a vision and prophesy. "when the earth is weeping and the trees are dying there shall come a new tribe, a tribe of people who care, and they shall be called the warriors of the rainbow" rainbow means we are all inclusive, we unite all colors belief all walks of life. as far as total strangers looking out for you we have shante sena its lakota for peaceful place, if anything bad happens you yell out shant e sena, and everyone starts yelling it too and runnig to your aide. we police ourselves, in a very unique way that makes it very safe. now with 50,000 people there on any given day 5000 might be walking around naked, but nobody stares nobody hits on them, ..obviosly if i guys excited its easy to tell but in 30 years i saw 1 erection as a couple bathed eachother following a purification sweat lodge the day before their wedding,
oh and when it rains people dance wildly in the rain or "mud tribe' goes on parade
in fat michigan gathering (where next year will be again) back about 15 or 20 years ago there was so much mud there were mud sculptures everywhere, and 1 bank of the river for miles and miles was turned into a mud peublo villiage .. the whole river bank became art.
theres been viking circuses, treetop villiages, kitchens based on every belief you can think of i mean there might be 3 christian kitchens with 3 hari krishna kitchens side by side
and the music.its just everywhere. all the time..nothing amplified nothing to drown ou any others the main drum circles can have 500 drummers that beat travels far and blends in with all the rest of the music
theres 2 nights on the g funk stage the singer songwriter night and the talent show night that are must sees but in general thres amazing music everywhere else too you fall asleep to it you wake up to it (except on the 4th you wake up to 40,000 people in total silence)
oh and as far as safe for women theres a sister space and sister circle that are female (or those who identify that way) only spaces
and most days things happen that seem like minor miracles. we call it rainbow magic.