Naturism, the Glossary
Naturism is a lifestyle of practicing non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle.[1]
Table of Contents
121 relations: Adam and Eve, Adolf Koch, Aguas Dulces, American Association for Nude Recreation, American Gymnosophical Association, André Durville, André Gide, Anglicanism, Antofagasta, Arnd Krüger, Body image, Body painting, Breastfeeding in public, British Naturism, Campsite, Cap d'Agde, Charco del Palo, Chihuahua, Uruguay, CHM Montalivet, Christian denomination, Christian naturism, Counterculture of the 1960s, Cultural movement, District courts of India, Dutch Reformed Church, East Germany, Edward VIII, Erich Angermann, European Court of Human Rights, Exhibitionism, Fairlight Glen, Fauvism, Fédération Québécoise de Naturisme, Federation of Canadian Naturists, Fig leaf, Finnish sauna, FQN-FCN Union, Freedom of speech, Freikörperkultur, Garden of Eden, Gaston Durville, German reunification, H&E naturist, Heinrich Pudor, Henri Matisse, Henry David Thoreau, High Holborn, Hippie, Ilsley Boone, Indecent exposure, ... Expand index (71 more) »
- Lifestyles
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman.
Adolf Koch
Adolf Karl Hubert Koch (9 April 1897 in Berlin – 2 July 1970) was a German educationalist and sports teacher.
Aguas Dulces
Aguas Dulces is a resort in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay.
American Association for Nude Recreation
The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) is a naturist organization based in the United States.
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American Gymnosophical Association
The American Gymnosophical Association (AGA) was organized circa 1930 by Herman and Katherine Soshinski.
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André Durville
André Durville (1896-1979) was a French physician who, with his brother, Gaston Durville, was one of the initiators of naturism in France during the interwar period.
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André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Antofagasta
Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago.
Arnd Krüger
Arnd Krüger (born July 1, 1944) is a German professor of sport studies.
Body image
Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body.
Body painting
Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin.
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Breastfeeding in public
The social attitudes toward and legal status of breastfeeding in public vary widely in cultures around the world.
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British Naturism
British Naturism (until 2009, Central Council for British Naturism) is a members organisation with both individual and organisation members.
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Campsite
Campsite, campground, and camping pitch are all related terms regarding a place used for camping (an overnight stay in an outdoor area).
Cap d'Agde
Cap d'Agde is a seaside resort on France's Mediterranean coast.
Charco del Palo
Charco del Palo is a naturist holiday village on the north-eastern coast of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.
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Chihuahua, Uruguay
Chihuahua is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
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CHM Montalivet
CHM Montalivet (CHM for "Centre Hélio-Marin", "center of sun and sea"), also known as CHM Monta, is the world's first naturist holiday resort located south of Montalivet, in Vendays-Montalivet, France.
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Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder.
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Christian naturism
Christian naturism is the practise of naturism or nudism by Christians.
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Counterculture of the 1960s
The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century.
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Cultural movement
A cultural movement is a change in the way a number of different disciplines approach their work.
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District courts of India
The district courts of India are the district courts of the state governments in India for every district or for one or more districts together taking into account of the number of cases, population distribution in the district.
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Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church (abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930.
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East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
Erich Angermann
Erich Angermann (2 March 1927 − 9 November 1992) was a German historian for North American history at the University of Cologne.
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European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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Exhibitionism
Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context one's intimate parts – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks.
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Fairlight Glen
Fairlight Glen lies about east of the fishing port of Hastings and west of the small village of Fairlight Cove on the East Sussex coast.
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Fauvism
Fauvism is a style of painting and an art movement that emerged in France at the beginning of the 20th century.
Fédération Québécoise de Naturisme
The Fédération Québécoise de Naturisme (FQN) is the official International Naturist Federation (INF) representative for the province of Quebec and for French-speaking Canada.
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Federation of Canadian Naturists
The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN) is the official International Naturist Federation (INF) representative for English-speaking Canada.
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Fig leaf
In culture, a "fig leaf" or "fig-leaf" is a literal or figurative method of obscuring an act or object considered embarrassing or distasteful with something of innocuous appearance.
Finnish sauna
The Finnish sauna (bastu) is a substantial part of Finnish and Estonian culture.
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FQN-FCN Union
The FQN–FCN Union is the official representative organization for Canada in the International Naturist Federation (INF).
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
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Freikörperkultur
Freikörperkultur (FKK) is a social and health culture that originated in the German Empire; its beginnings were historically part of the Lebensreform social movement in the late 19th century.
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Garden of Eden
In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden (גַּן־עֵדֶן|gan-ʿĒḏen; Εδέμ; Paradisus) or Garden of God (גַּן־יְהֹוֶה|gan-YHWH|label.
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Gaston Durville
Gaston Durville (1887-1971) was a French physician who, with his brother, André Durville, was one of the initiators of naturism in France during the interwar period.
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German reunification
German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.
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H&E naturist
H&E naturist (originally Health and Efficiency) is a 92-page monthly commercial magazine focusing on the naturist lifestyle, through articles on travel, health and culture, as well as various features on arts and books with a naked theme.
Heinrich Pudor
Heinrich Pudor (31 August 1865 in Loschwitz (near Dresden) – 22 December 1943 in Leipzig) was a German Völkisch-nationalist pundit and a pioneer of the Freikörperkultur (FKK; free body culture, naturism) in Germany.
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Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
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High Holborn
High Holborn is a street in Holborn and Farringdon Without, Central London, which forms a part of the A40 route from London to Fishguard.
Hippie
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during or around 1964 and spread to different countries around the world. Naturism and hippie are lifestyles and Subcultures.
Ilsley Boone
Ilsley Silias Boone (18791968) was a charismatic speaker, a powerful organizer, a magazine publisher and the founding father of the American Sunbathing Association (ASA)later reorganized as the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR).
Indecent exposure
Indecent exposure is the deliberate public exposure by a person of a portion of their body in a manner contrary to local standards of appropriate behavior.
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Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
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International Naturist Federation
The International Naturist Federation (INF) or Fédération naturiste internationale (FNI) or Internationalen Naturisten Föderation (INF) is the global umbrella organisation representing official national naturist societies.
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Joie de vivre
Joie de vivre ("joy of living") is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness.
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Kiwiburn
Kiwiburn is a regional Burning Man event based in Hunterville, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand celebrating principles such as inclusion, radical self-expression, gifting, participative art and culture.
Kleber Claux
Kleber Claux (22 March 1893 – 9 June 1971) was a leading anarchist in the early 20th century and a founder of the first naturist club in Australia.
Koktebel
Koktebel (Ukrainian and Коктебéль, Köktöbel, in 1945–1992 known as Planerskoye, Планерское) is an urban-type settlement and one of the most popular resort townlets in southeastern Crimea.
Kurt Huldschinsky
Kurt Huldschinsky (1883 in Berlin – 31 October 1940, in Alexandria) was a German pediatrician of Prussian heritage.
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KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (also referred to as KZN; nicknamed "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province.
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La Sirena Beach
La Sirena Beach (Playa La Sirena) is a beach located around two kilometers north of Aguas Dulces resort, in Rocha Department, Uruguay.
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Lanzarote
Lanzarote is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula.
Lebensreform
Lebensreform ("life-reform") is the German generic term for various social reform movements that started since the mid-19th century and originated especially in the German Empire and later in Switzerland.
Levant Island
Île du Levant, sometimes referred to as Le Levant, is a French island in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Riviera, near Toulon.
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Libertine
A libertine is a person questioning and challenging most moral principles, such as responsibility or sexual restraints, and will often declare these traits as unnecessary or undesirable.
Light therapy
Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy is the exposure to direct sunlight or artificial light at controlled wavelengths in order to treat a variety of medical disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD), circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, cancers, and skin wound infections.
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List of Edinburgh festivals
This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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This is a list of public outdoor clothes-free areas for recreation.
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The following is a list of social nudity organizations associated with naturism and nude recreation within a family-friendly, non-sexualized context.
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Marc Ellis (rugby)
Marc Christopher Gwynne Ellis (born 8 October 1971) is a New Zealand businessman, television presenter, and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Maslin Beach, South Australia
Maslin Beach is a southern coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
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Matheran
Matheran is an automobile-free hill station and a municipal council in the Karjat taluka of the Raigad district located in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Menorca
Menorca or Minorca (from smaller island, later Minorica) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain.
Międzyzdroje
Międzyzdroje (Misdroy), historically known as Misdroy in English, is a city and a seaside resort in northwestern Poland on the island of Wolin on the Baltic coast.
Mumbai
Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Naked party
A naked party, also known as nude party, is a party where the participants are required to be nude.
Nambassa
Nambassa was a series of hippie-conceived New Zealand festivals held from 1976 to 1981 on large farms around Waihi and Waikino in the Waikato.
Naturist resort
A naturist resort or nudist resort is an establishment that provides accommodation (or at least camping space) and other amenities for guests in a context where they are invited to practise naturism – that is, a lifestyle of non-sexual social nudity.
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Nude beach
A nude beach, sometimes called a clothing-optional or free beach, is a beach where users are at liberty to be nude.
Nude recreation
Nude recreation consists of recreational activities which some people engage in while nude.
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Nude swimming
Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools.
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Nudity
Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing.
Onsen
In Japan, are hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them.
Pacificism
Pacificism is the general term for ethical opposition to violence or war unless force is deemed necessary.
Pedophilia
Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.
Personality rights
Personality rights, sometimes referred to as the right of publicity, are rights for an individual to control the commercial use of their identity, such as name, image, likeness, or other unequivocal identifiers.
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Pichilemu
Pichilemu, originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region.
Playa Luna
Playa Luna (english Moon Beach) is the name popularly known Horcon's nude beach.
Playa Zipolite
Playa Zipolite is a beach community located in San Pedro Pochutla municipality on the southern coast of Oaxaca state in Mexico between Huatulco and Puerto Escondido.
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Rab (island)
Rab (Arba, Arba, Arbe, Arbey) is an island in the northern Dalmatia region in Croatia, located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī; ɾət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː) is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in southwestern Maharashtra, India.
Rhythm & Vines
Rhythm and Vines (commonly known as R&V, RnV or Rhythm) is an annual music festival held at Waiohika Estate vineyard, northwest of Gisborne, New Zealand.
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Richard Ungewitter
Richard Ungewitter (December 18, 1869 in Artern, Province of Saxony – December 17, 1958 in Stuttgart) was a German naturist and pioneer of the Freikörperkultur (free body culture) movement and one of its first organizers.
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Rickets
Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (from Greek, meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children and is caused by either dietary deficiency or genetic causes.
Rock Lodge Club
Rock Lodge Club is a naturist club located on of privately owned land located in the Stockholm area of the Hardyston Township, New Jersey, which is situated on the New Jersey Highlands of North Jersey, about from Manhattan, New York.
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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.
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San Pedro del Pinatar
San Pedro del Pinatar is a small town and municipality in the Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain.
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Seminyak
Seminyak is a mixed tourist residential area on the west coast of Bali in Indonesia, just north of Kuta and Legian.
Social conservatism is a political philosophy and a variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional social structures over social pluralism.
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Spencer Tunick
Spencer Tunick (born January 1, 1967) is an American photographer best known for organizing large-scale nude shoots.
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Splore
Splore is an annual boutique music and arts three day festival held at Tapapakanga Regional Park, in Orere Point, New Zealand with approximately 8,000 attendees.
SportsCafe
SportsCafe was a New Zealand sports TV show.
States News Service
States News Service was a news agency that operated from 1973 to 2004.
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Steglitz
Steglitz is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany.
Streaking
Streaking is the act of running naked through a public area for publicity, for fun, as a prank, a dare, a form of protest, or to participate in a fad.
Swinging (sexual practice)
Swinging, earlier commonly known as wife-swapping, is a sexual activity in which both singles and partners in a committed relationship sexually engage with others for recreational purposes.
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Tarapacá
San Lorenzo de Tarapacá, also known simply as Tarapacá, is a town in the region of the same name in Chile.
This timeline of social nudity shows the varying degrees of acceptance given to the naked human body by diverse cultures throughout history.
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Tongoy
Tongoy is a Chilean coastal town in the commune of Coquimbo in Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region.
Topfreedom
Topfreedom is a cultural and political movement seeking changes in laws to allow women to be topless in public places where men are permitted to be barechested, as a form of gender equality.
Toplessness
Toplessness refers to the state in which a woman's breasts, including her areolas and nipples, are exposed, especially in a public place or in a visual medium.
Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand is the marketing agency responsible for promoting New Zealand as a tourism destination internationally.
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Uccle
Uccle (French) or Ukkel (Dutch) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
Vendays-Montalivet
Vendays-Montalivet (Vendais e Montalivet) is a commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in Southwestern France.
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Vera, Spain
Vera is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
Voyeurism
Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature.
Wallis Simpson
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII.
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Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman Jr. (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist.
Wandervogel
Wandervogel (plural: Wandervögel; English: "Wandering Bird") is the name adopted by a popular movement of German youth groups from 1896 to 1933, who protested against industrialization by going to hike in the country and commune with nature in the woods.
Wellington Naturist Club
The Wellington Naturist Club is a naturist resort located in Te Mārua, Upper Hutt, northeast of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand.
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Women's Freedom League
The Women's Freedom League was an organisation in the United Kingdom from 1907 to 1961 which campaigned for women's suffrage, pacifism and sexual equality.
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Woodstock
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock.
Young Naturists America
Young Naturists America (YNA) was a New York-based naturist company for young adults. Naturism and young Naturists America are Underground culture.
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See also
Lifestyles
- Alternative lifestyle
- Asceticism
- Athletics (physical culture)
- Back-to-the-land movement
- Black veganism
- Bohemianism
- Collecting
- Communes
- Cottagecore
- Cowboy culture
- Dandy
- Deschooling
- Extreme sport
- FIRE movement
- Fitness culture
- Gothic Western
- Groupie
- Groupies
- Head-carrying
- Hippie
- Hippie movement
- Homeschooling
- Hunting
- Intentional living
- Luddite
- Modern primitive
- Naturism
- Off-the-grid
- Orthopathy
- Playboy lifestyle
- Screen time
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Simple living
- Surf culture
- Survivalism
- Teetotalism
- Unschooling
- Vampire lifestyle
- Veganism
- YOLO (aphorism)
- Yuppie
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturism
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