Where did Kandi originate from?

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StrawberrieTheAlien
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Jan 20, 2013 1:00 pm

People of the underground raves in America wore kandi as a sign to tell you that's where you got your drugs. As times progressed kandi got a new meaning. Into the 2000's kandi represented friendship. They didn't do the "plur" shake that we do today. They would lock hands like we do "unity" and trade pieces then hug.

SzophiaLeigh
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Jan 8, 2013 8:25 pm

Kandi has been around for YEARS. I started raving in 2005, and even then it was still around. My friends have been partying since the early 90s, and said that's when it started to surface. However, peyote stitching and other ways of stringing beads has been around much longer. It's basically just bracelet/jewelry making- it's only called kandi because of the meaning it has to the rave scene.

crazychick509
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Jan 7, 2013 12:30 am

ive heard that a kid decided to use peyote or multi stich with pony beads nd loved the way it looked and started doing more nd then the big bang of kandi started.imk probly wrong but its wat i think so

Halodiablo
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Nov 28, 2012 1:45 pm

taught*

Halodiablo
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Nov 28, 2012 1:45 pm

my older german cousin got me into trance and such when i was 13 took me to my first rave at14 an that was at the end of the 90's, but they and alot of their friends brought alot of that culture here earlier on and americans have always been quick to adopt counter culture ideals/movements so im not suoprised. the rave fam i had at first had ppl raving since the early 90's and for the most part they thought everything from kandi and glowsticking to dj'ing but the history of the culture has always been kinda foggy, and it doesnt help every scene has its own history to it

Crumpet
Site Owner

Nov 28, 2012 11:51 am

I just read that PLE was mainly used in Europe in the early 90s, so maybe it was PLE in Europe and PLUE in America. That doesn't explain why old-school American ravers knew about PLE though, weird.

OfMiceAndDestiny
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Nov 28, 2012 10:52 am

"Crumpet": Was it PLUE or PLE? PLE is what I've always been told and even Wikipedia knows about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLE. Maybe they were both used? I wasn't raving in the early 90s so I don't know firsthand

I thought it was Peace Love Unity Ecstasy?

Crumpet
Site Owner

Nov 28, 2012 10:50 am

Was it PLUE or PLE? PLE is what I've always been told and even Wikipedia knows about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLE. Maybe they were both used? I wasn't raving in the early 90s so I don't know firsthand

Halodiablo
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Nov 28, 2012 10:43 am

beads have been around forever and a day but; Kandi used to b the word for drugs at parties, those who sold/traded started wearing them as a way to not only identify one another but a bright colorful cuff against ur skin can b fun when ur rolling/high. these folks became the first kandi kids and they followed P.L.U.E

OfMiceAndDestiny
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Nov 27, 2012 8:30 pm

At raves people would wear Kandi to let people know they were selling drugs. That's what I've always heard.

Where did Kandi originate from?

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