Urban Tribes

Urban tribes are those groups of friends, gangs or just groups of young people who dress in a similar way, have common habits and meeting places. When individuals meet voluntarily, for the pleasure of being together or searching for something similar, it is an urban group or tribe. The origin of the word "urban tribe" emerged in the second half of the twentieth century, when in the big cities began to appear and expand some subcultures among young people such as hippies, skins or punks, who had ways of thinking and to act independently of taxes imposed by the prevailing culture in society. These subcultures expanded from city to city, giving rise to a phenomenon where people identified with the way of being and thinking of their tribe, creating ecosystems of thoughts independent and parallel to those of the rest of society in general. Habitually the people of an urban tribe are characterized by tending to join with other individuals of their same tribe, and once together share common tastes among its members, such as the way of dressing, the type of music they listen to, the places to those who come, the way of speaking, the ideology, the leisure or the way to spend free time.

To be part of an urban tribe is to look for ways of thinking and feeling similar to one's own, sharing the same culture, and without necessarily being aware of it. The pleasure of belonging to an urban tribe comes from the suspension of the requirement to adapt to an adult or social universe and its rules of thought and conduct. Sometimes, the urban tribes authorize activities that are within the limits of the moral and social rules: the game, the drink, the scandal, the demands ... However, the activities carried out are not the essential objective of the band: goal is to be together because it is similar.

types of urban tribes

Hipster culture

                                                       Hipster culture

The urban culture of hipsters is represented by young people, mostly between 20 and 35 years old, who show an independent thought, trying to get away from the fashions of the moment, dressing and listening to non-commercial music. They reject excessive consumerism, putting aside the local trade and respect for the environment. · Origin: This urban culture is usually linked to indies and even hippies. Its origin arose in the mid-twentieth century (1950), although it disappeared and was used again in the late 1990s, although it was at the beginning of the decade of 2010 that this urban culture became popular and widespread. · Characteristic attire: His clothes do not follow specific patterns, but he is distinguished by wearing a personal style, bohemian, "old-school", away from the fashion of the moment and in many cases timeless. They usually reuse old presses and accessories, with vintage aesthetics. For example, we can find them wearing shirts of muted colors, jeans, shoes or boots, sweaters, hats and beards. They also like classic glasses and handmade accessories.

Hippie culture

· Origin: Hippies emerge in the 60s in the United States influenced by the injustices of the Vietnam War. Subsequently, the hippie culture spread throughout the world and was a great influence for a generation of young people, also served as inspiration to many other urban tribes. · Characteristic attire: The dress of the hippies is very characteristic: They leave long hair and wear flashy clothes with intense colors. Ponchos, colored hair ribbons, cloth bags, patches with protest slogans and handmade accessories. · Ideology: Flee violence and proclaim peace in the world and love between people with the thought that we are all equal. They do not like politics and you could say they have anarchist ideas.

Otaku culture

· Origin: The term Otaku comes from Japan. In Japanese culture, this word refers to people with too much obsession for something (a hobby, a game, a music group ...).

- way of dresseing: During hall and manga or videogame events, they usually disguise themselves as their favorite characters, which are called "cosplayers". In daily life however, they have no peculiarity when it comes to dressing.

Emo Culture

- Origin: The word "emo" comes from emotional hardcore music. The emo culture was popularized in the first decade of the 2000s, despite this, the beginning of the emos was born in the 80s as a musical style derived from American hardcore punk. Currently his music is more commercial and his best-known reprsentative is My Chemical romance and Green Day ( although many people do not place this group as emo).

- characteristic attire: slicked hair covering part of the face, dark clothes, piercings, Converse sneakers, wristbands, badges, hooded shirts, tight shirts (usually black) and underpants in sight.

Rappers culture

· Origin: Rappers are young people who like the musical genre of rap and hip-hop. Its origin goes back to the 70s, when rap emerged in the slums of New York. In the beginning, the rappers were mostly young blacks. The most relevant aspect of this culture is that, together with its music, they spread a message against the injustices of the system, converting rap / hip-hop into a way of life that, from its origins to the present, has been increasingly attracting adepts.

· Way of dressing: Rappers usually wear clothes, shoes and a cap. In addition, they usually carry accessories such as bracelets, necklaces or handkerchiefs. This form of clothing originally from rappers, has now been extended to other new tribes that you can find on this page.

Gamer culture

Gamer (or player) is the term that is often used to name the fans of video games. This fondness for videogame and computer games has existed since the first video game was created, although it has taken several decades until it stopped seeing video game players as something negative.

- Origin: Video games became popular in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but it was not until the first decade of 2000 when multiplayer online games began to raze among all the public due to the rise of computers and later, of other devices suchas the smarthphones. Nowadays videogame fairs are held all over the word, where gamers can meet to discover the novelities of thair favorite sagas.