Others are rhythmic and dynamic and raise the energy around the fire. Some of these songs are playful and sound like children's tunes. Songs often build up until the voices reach a peak, after which the verses are repeated with a softer voice, often slower, until the song fades into yummy silence.Īnother feature of rainbow songs, at least in the English-speaking world, is that their lyrics are either in the English language or a mixture of English and other languages-such as the Hopi language, Sanskrit, and so on. The verses of a great song are repeated until everyone gets drunk on the energy of the group singing. This gives everyone a chance to pick up the lyrics within the first two minutes of singing. Most rainbow songs are quite compact-sometimes as short as two verses. Perhaps the main feature of rainbow songs is that their verses are repeated over and over again.
I don't claim to be the authority on the subject, but my sense is that the vast majority of people who attend rainbow gatherings would agree with what follows. To jump straight to the songs, click here.Īt rainbow gatherings, many kinds of songs can be heard around the fire, so clarification is needed about what constitutes a "rainbow song". This page contains lyrics and streaming audio of rainbow gathering songs. The rainbow culture page contains a primer about the culture of rainbow gatherings. The introduction to the rainbow gathering page contains narrative about my experience at gatherings I have attended around the world.
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