Welcome Home
Some say we're the largest non-organization of non-members in the world. We have no leaders, and no organization. To be honest, the Rainbow Family means different things to different people.
Many of our traditions are based on Native American traditions, and we have a strong orientation to take care of the the Earth. We gather in the National Forests yearly to pray for peace, celebrate our inter-dependence and share food, knowledge, music and inspiration.
What is the Rainbow Family?
We gather to celebrate life, love, freedom and our own interconnectedness with the spiritual universe, with the natural environment and with each other - even though many of us are capable of surviving anywhere on our own, we come together to celebrate the joy that comes from being with others and sharing love, wisdom, ideas, dance, yoga, theatre, acoustic music and drumming all without electricity and usually in a remote national forest where our cell phones don’t get any signal freeing us to actually “Be Here Now” with ourselves, our friends and new interesting people we may only chat or dance with for a moment, or who may become lifelong friends.
Learn more about the Rainbow Family by watching these videos
Welcome Home
Rainbow Spirit
Interviews with Rainbow Family
How we get organized
We form our own peacekeepers - shantisena- from the Sanskrit (keepers of peace)- and Fire Keepers who put out fires unless they are part of a group camp / kitchen that keeps at least 5 gallons of water and two shovels close to the fire with all embers thoroughly extinguished unless they are monitored by at least 2 actively awake Family members. The only fires allowed are in group kitchens. Some of the Fire Keepers who patrol the camp to extinguish individual fires are experienced Wildland Fire Fighters.
Health practitioners and teachers spanning herbal curanderas, doctors of oriental medicine, MDs, psychotherapists and EMTs, often choose to spend some time hanging out at CALM.
Herbalists who lead herbal walks and other biologists may camp near CALM or perhaps the Greenways. Shamans and Coaches May hang near Info. Theatre performers, jugglers and some musicians may camp near Granola Funk Theatre - constructed with sticks and twine - with a green room, stage and more.
Other Musicians may congregate around Aloha Camp.
Observant Jews may join Om Shalom / Jerusalem camp with kosher food, whereas other Jews may be scattered throughout the forest along with Christians who choose to camp somewhere other than Jesus Camp- often choosing Kitchens whose cuisine they prefer.
Krisnas usually set up kitchens with Indian style food and a beautifully decorated tent for chanting.
Pastry cooks may camp by Lovin Ovens - an amazing bakery of breads, pastry and pizza in the woods.
Yogis / Yoginis and dancers may form a kitchen or a space for practice and dancing.
There is often a teepee Circle where teaching and interactive discussions take place including workshops for men, women and couples.
There may be a Fairy Camp.
And there is always Kiddie Village where parents and smaller children can feel connected and little children can be safe to freely play while always being watched by someone’s parents.
There is no cutting of living trees or branches. Firewood is gathered from dead wood and dead branches to help eliminate ladder fuels.