Rastas

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(Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music

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As Ethiopia was the only African country other than Liberia to be independent from colonialism, and Haile Selassie was the only African leader accepted among the kings and queens of Europe, the early Rastas viewed him with great reverence. Source: Internet

Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers by Ennis Barrington Edmonds, p. 37. citation Reports surfaced that the Rastas were urging the communities around them not to pay taxes to the government. Source: Internet

Per the Rastas' perception of what Haile Selassie's consistent lifelong message was, Rastafari tend to be firm adherents to the proposition that in the eyes of Jah, all men and women deserve equal and just rights, treatment and respect. Source: Internet

Rastas say that Jah in the form of the Holy Spirit (incarnate) lives within the human. Source: Internet

Rastas say that Jah, in the form of the Holy Spirit (incarnate), lives within the human, and for this reason they often refer to themselves as "I and I". Source: Internet

Culture Language main Rastas assert that their original African languages were stolen from them when they were taken into captivity as part of the slave trade, and that English is an imposed colonial language. Source: Internet

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