Some are so ruffled they bring to mind the aftermath of a cattle stampede. To be a Rainbow, all you need is a belly button, they like to say. And if you don't have one, an exception will be made. But there are traditions. There are ways things are done.
Money is taboo.
Donations aside, everything is free, including all food. How good it is depends on who brings what. As for the rest of it, anything goes. A barter system is really prevalent. OK, so our Alaska Rainbow Family is puny, given that the largest gathering in the past five years amounted to maybe 200 people and the smallest about 20.