{"id":1630,"date":"2017-01-16T05:50:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T05:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/?page_id=1630"},"modified":"2021-03-13T06:25:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T06:25:24","slug":"splash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1630\" data-postid=\"1630\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1630 themify_builder\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix builder-parallax-scrolling module_row_0 themify_builder_1630_row module_row_1630-0 tb_564t289\">\n\t    <div class=\"builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li 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educate people on the various uses of cannabis (medicinal, industrial, recreational &#038; spiritual) and to celebrate the culture that has grown here over the last 47 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission is to bring about change with as much fun as possible.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n    <!-- module video -->\n    <div  class=\"module module-video video-1630-sub_row_1-0-0-1-1 video-top    tb_z2f9296\">\n\t                <div class=\"video-wrap\">\n\t    <iframe title=\"Nimbin Mardigrass\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t-WpbuRQtjI?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n\n            <\/div>\n    <!-- \/module video -->\n    \t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- \/themify_builder_sub_row -->\n\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  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did YOU do in the Great Drug War?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In 1993, the year of the initial Mardi Grass, the May gathering became the centrepiece of a ritual empowerment process for a community whose Aquarian dreams of a better way of life, and their clarion calls in defence of the environment had been met in the only way the conservative local ruling classes knew how- \u201cbring out the Drug Laws\u201d. These laws were originally based on racist and cultural bias.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hysterical (and false) claims of lurid threats to societal wellbeing provided those in authority with the big stick they considered necessary to keep the uppity minorities in line.<\/p>\n<p>Unless you were here then you can&#8217;t imagine how fearful the local people were of the pre-<b><i>Royal Commission on Police Corruption<\/i><\/b> cowboys who masqueraded as law enforcers. And how liberating that first Mardi Grass was in cultivating personal pride as well as minimising the fear of pre-dawn raids, random (and illegal) searches, regular intimidation and that crushing sense of a province facing conquest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But times have changed and new challenges now face us.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>An alarming magnitude and complexity of social problems jostle for our attention and act to increase cynicism, scepticism, despair and rage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Within all that though, the Drug Laws remain as emblematic of the \u201cold days\u201d and of bad laws generally.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In many ways, Mardi Grass is now more relevant than it ever was 29 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere else in Australia has there been such a determined, consistent and enduring campaign to bring about change to these discriminatory drug laws. But now we need your help. In great numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday May 2nd is the epicentre of the PROTEST. Only a massive turn out of singing, dancing, celebrating, colourful and creative people will be noted by those in authority and the media. It\u2019s not a spectator activity. Its standing up and (like the schoolkids in the USA) saying loud and clear: \u201cENOUGH IS ENOUGH. It\u2019s time for change!\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Come with your friends, use a designated driver, bring masks and costumes, drums, bells, and a joyful heart. Post the GOOD NEWS on social media. Be here for the spiritual and cultural experience, because that\u2019s what it is. For yourselves, for your children and for your grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>It is only TOGETHER that we can build a strong caring compassionate kind and respectful world. We\u2019d love to share that experience with you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Gandhi supposedly said \u201cYou may well be a minority of one but the truth always remains the\u00a0 truth\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He also said we \u201cmust become the change we want to see in the world\u2019. I\u2019m with you\u00a0Mohandes. \u201cJe suis MardiGrass\u201d. Wanna join me there?<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>Bob Hopkins <\/b>(Founder of the Nimbin MardiGrass).<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2668\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bob-jester-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bob-jester-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Bob-jester.png 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_5 themify_builder_1630_row module_row_1630-5 tb_ds8l289\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_1630_column module_column_0 module_column_1630-5-0 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src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-387x600.jpg\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The Hemp Club-web\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-387x600.jpg 387w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-768x1188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-12x18.jpg 12w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-6x9.jpg 6w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-600x928.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-3x6.jpg 3w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-439x680.jpg 439w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Hemp-Club-web-662x1024-517x800.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/> <\/a> <\/li> <\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Nimbin MardiGrass is an annual rally &amp; celebration\u00a0in the tiny village of Nimbin in northern NSW, Australia. \u00a0Beginning in 1993, MardiGrass is\u00a0held to protest the drug laws, educate people on the various uses of cannabis (medicinal, industrial, recreational &amp; spiritual) and to celebrate the culture that has grown here over the last 47 years.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our mission is to bring about change with as much fun as possible.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Nimbin Mardigrass\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t-WpbuRQtjI?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<iframe title=\"27th annual MardiGrass - Nimbin 2019 - Retrospective\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/334783459?h=a4bf3796e0&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n Watch the 2019 MardiGrass...\n<iframe title=\"MardiGrass 2016 NIMBIN\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gtN2T16JPMA?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n Watch the 2016 MardiGrass...\n<iframe title=\"Nimbin Mardi Grass 1994 - Legalise NOW\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h6T0hnYfIw0?feature=oembed&t=195s\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n ...or check out the second MardiGrass back in 1994.\n<iframe title=\"Nimbin mardigrass protest 2017 (HQ)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XgSJCFWJbgs?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">...or watch<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/2017-mardigrass-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">multiple videos from MardiGrass 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great Drug War?<\/b><\/h3> <p>In 1993, the year of the initial Mardi Grass, the May gathering became the centrepiece of a ritual empowerment process for a community whose Aquarian dreams of a better way of life, and their clarion calls in defence of the environment had been met in the only way the conservative local ruling classes knew how- \u201cbring out the Drug Laws\u201d. These laws were originally based on racist and cultural bias.\u00a0 Hysterical (and false) claims of lurid threats to societal wellbeing provided those in authority with the big stick they considered necessary to keep the uppity minorities in line.<\/p> <p>Unless you were here then you can't imagine how fearful the local people were of the pre-<b><i>Royal Commission on Police Corruption<\/i><\/b> cowboys who masqueraded as law enforcers. And how liberating that first Mardi Grass was in cultivating personal pride as well as minimising the fear of pre-dawn raids, random (and illegal) searches, regular intimidation and that crushing sense of a province facing conquest.\u00a0 But times have changed and new challenges now face us.\u00a0 An alarming magnitude and complexity of social problems jostle for our attention and act to increase cynicism, scepticism, despair and rage.\u00a0 Within all that though, the Drug Laws remain as emblematic of the \u201cold days\u201d and of bad laws generally.\u00a0 In many ways, Mardi Grass is now more relevant than it ever was 29 years ago.<\/p> <p>Nowhere else in Australia has there been such a determined, consistent and enduring campaign to bring about change to these discriminatory drug laws. But now we need your help. In great numbers.<\/p> <p>Sunday May 2nd is the epicentre of the PROTEST. Only a massive turn out of singing, dancing, celebrating, colourful and creative people will be noted by those in authority and the media. It\u2019s not a spectator activity. Its standing up and (like the schoolkids in the USA) saying loud and clear: \u201cENOUGH IS ENOUGH. It\u2019s time for change!\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>Come with your friends, use a designated driver, bring masks and costumes, drums, bells, and a joyful heart. Post the GOOD NEWS on social media. Be here for the spiritual and cultural experience, because that\u2019s what it is. For yourselves, for your children and for your grandchildren.<\/p> <p>It is only TOGETHER that we can build a strong caring compassionate kind and respectful world. We\u2019d love to share that experience with you.\u00a0 Gandhi supposedly said \u201cYou may well be a minority of one but the truth always remains the\u00a0 truth\u201d.\u00a0 He also said we \u201cmust become the change we want to see in the world\u2019. I\u2019m with you\u00a0Mohandes. \u201cJe suis MardiGrass\u201d. 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