Savez socijalističke omladine Jugoslavije i BUM festival (1971–1978): od antisocijalističkih pojava na festivalu do socijalističkih korekcija

Abstract

Based on the press of the League of Socialist Youth in Yugoslavia, also Yugoslav music and entertainment-information press, archival documentation from the Archives of Yugoslavia, the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and the Historical Archives of Belgrade, as well as literature. This paper discusses the positions of the League of Socialist Youth towards all-Yugoslav BOOM Festival, mass gatherings of hippies, but also covers how the League of Socialist Youth corrected some anti-socialist appearances at this festival and gave to BOOM Festival a socialist shape.

Keywords

• the league of socialist youth
• boom festival
• yugoslavia
• rock & roll
• hippies