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Kandi is supposed to only be for ravers, but I don't know of a more appropriate name for large pony bead cuffs (apart from large pony bead cuffs, which is a mouthful lol). And if people want to find tutorials and patterns for this kind of large jewelry, they'll all be listed under kandi. So even though what they're making technically isn't kandi, there isn't really a more appropriate name. It's clearer to call it kandi, in my opinion.

I don't see kandi is a bad thing, it has a bad meaning in everyone's eyes though so it's associated with being a bad thing. I made cuffs and stuff even before I started raving and I've been raving for like four years now. I make stuff for friends who don't go to raves, my little brothers and my sister and to them it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean anything to me either, they're just cool looking. I feel like anyone can wear kandi and call it whatever they want (bracelets, cuffs, beaded stuff). I don't even find it annoying when people call themselves kandi kids. I mean if you make kandi but don't go to raves you're still a kandi kid to me. It's really dumb when people bash on each other just because someone wears and makes all of their kandi but doesn't rave so they're not "allowed" to be called a kandi kid. The only time I find it annoying is when someone wears it all the time and considers themselves a raver but they don't go to raves.

I do not rave, I'm sorry I'm too young. But to me kandi is a creative way of expressing myself. But also kandi was like a theropy for me. I got in a freak accident thing and making kandi helped deal with that. But still I have all intentions of raving once I am older.

For me i just started making Kandi but ive always been wearing/buying kandi but I always loved raving and ive ben raving for a while though it was illegal haha I guess you can say Kandi is part ofthe rave culture but you dont have to rave to wear it .. lol Babies could wear it doenst mean they have to go get fancied up to rave Lol that was funny what i just said haha

Raves are not that common in some areas and when they are they tend to be very contained. Where I live you can really only find them at cons. I make kandi and I truly love doing it. It's a pass time and wearing what I make or what others give me shows a little tiny bit of who I am.