"Real" Raves and Kandi Kids under 18?

NovaUnion 2/10/2014 05:25 pm 2214

Can people still be considered kandi kids when they are under 18 and/or haven't been to a "real" rave? I'm only 15 (gonna turn 16 very, very soon), but I've been making kandi since I was 12 and I've lived by PLUR for even longer. I haven't been to a "real" or "official" rave (Mississippi isn't exactly a common spot for big-name raves). Out of respect for the rave community, I haven't yet called myself a raver, but I still like to consider myself a kandi kid. However, can someone who's been to something of an unofficial or local rave actually be considered a raver? Our local skating rink used to have it all: black lights, blaring EDM, ravers and kandi kids (read: me) and all other sorts coming together to just have fun. We took pictures, danced like idiots, made many memories, and skated until the sun came up. So, I don't refer to myself as a "raver" yet because it's been a fuzzy subject for me. But the biggest question is: Is calling myself a "kandi kid" a disrespectful thing? I really don't want to be disrespectful to anyone who's truly put their hearts and time into this kind of stuff. I know I'm young and haven't been to a real rave, but it's all I have to work with, and I've been working with it for a pretty long time. Please don't bash for the silly questions/long paragraphs, and thanks in advance to all who reply. <3

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Rayven
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Feb 17, 2014 7:19 pm

Several times a year? o.O Wow Crumpet...I'm lucky to make it to two 'Real' raves a year and maybe three local pending my budget. :S Kandi kids have definatly stepped outside the rave community so you can be a Kandi lover. As for being a raver you can't really say you are till you've gone to a few of them, like more then three at least.

Each one has its own flavor really, so until you get to sample it in person you can't quite say your a raver...we need a raver 2B status for the new kids. :S

Crumpet
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Feb 11, 2014 5:40 am

This is a pretty controversial topic. Kandi kids originated at raves and are a specific type of raver, so if you use the strict definition of "kandi kid," you wouldn't be able to call yourself one until you're a raver. I personally don't think you can call yourself a raver until you go to "real" raves several times a year. "Real" raves are very different from any other type of rave, like anime con raves, house raves, school raves, etc. Back on the top of "kandi kid" though: around 7 years ago, I would have said absolutely not, you can't be a kandi kid without being a raver. But since then, the kandi community has changed a lot. It used to be only ravers that made kandi. Now there is this huge community of people who love making and trading kandi, but who have never been to a rave. What can we call these people? I think it's only natural that we call them "kandi kids," since their relationship with kandi is very similar to a kandi raver's. I wouldn't know what else to call them, and I doubt that anything we could come up with would be as catchy as "kandi kid."

"Real" Raves and Kandi Kids under 18?

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