Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious...
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Mansions of Rastafari is an umbrella term for the various groups of the Rastafari movement. Such groups include the Bobo Ashanti, the Niyabinghi, the...
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Haile Selassie (redirect from The Rastafari Messiah)
defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the major figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became...
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Lion of Judah (section Rastafari)
Ntozake (2014). "Rastafari as Afrocentrically Based Discourse and Spiritual Expression". Rastafari in the New Millennium: A Rastafari Reader. Syracuse...
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The Rastafari movement developed out of the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade, in which over ten million Africans were enslaved and transported to the...
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Ital (category Rastafari)
also spelled I-tal (/ˈaɪtɑːl/), is food often celebrated by those in the Rastafari movement. It is compulsory in the Bobo Ashanti and Nyabinghi mansions...
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Aside from a mutual belief in the Old Testament, Judaism and Rastafari closely align in essence, tradition, and heritage, as both are Abrahamic religions...
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Persecution of members of the Rastafari movement, an Abrahamic religion founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s among Afro-Jamaican communities, has been...
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Iyaric (redirect from Rastafari vocabulary)
Talk or Rasta Talk, is a language consciously created by members of the Rastafari movement. When Africans were taken into captivity as a part of the slave...
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Dreadlocks (section Rastafari)
apparently coined it in 1959 as a reference to their "dread", or fear, of God. Rastafari developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, decades before the Mau Mau emerged...
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Chillum (section Rastafari ceremony)
been known in the Americas since the 1960s. A chillum pipe is used in Rastafari rituals. According to Alfred Dunhill, Africans have long employed chillum-style...
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Ras Sam Brown (16 December 1925 – August 1998) was a Jamaican Rastafari elder. He was well known in Kingston for his politics after he participated in...
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Zion (category Rastafari)
This could be an actual place such as Ethiopia for Rastafari or Israel for the Jews. Rastafari, while not identifying as "Jews", identify themselves...
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The Twelve Tribes of Israel is a Rastafari religious group and one of the Mansions of Rastafari. Its headquarters is on Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica...
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visibility of Rastafari and spread its gospel throughout the world. Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages of Rastafari. The musician...
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Leonard Howell (section Rastafari evangelism)
born into an Anglican family. He was one of the first preachers of the Rastafari movement (along with Joseph Hibbert and Archibald Dunkley), and is known...
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Holy Piby (section Rastafari movement)
document of Rastafari thought. While not strictly speaking a "Rastafari text", it was certainly a primary source of influence to many in the Rastafari movement...
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Jah (category Rastafari)
prayer and study. The name Jah is frequently employed by adherents of Rastafari to refer to God. The name of the national god of the kingdoms of Israel...
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of the oldest denominations, or "Orders", of the Rastafari movement. Probably the largest Rastafari group, the House of Nyabinghi is an aggregate of more...
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Steel Pulse (redirect from Rastafari Centennial - Live in Paris (Elysee Montmartre))
which retained some of the synthesized dance elements of its predecessor. Rastafari Centennial, Steel Pulse's first live record, was recorded live at the...
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Mortimer Planno (section Rastafari activism)
September 1929, Cuba – 5 March 2006, Kingston, Jamaica) was a renowned Rastafari elder, drummer and a follower of the back-to-Africa movement founded in...
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The Rastafari movement in the United States echoes the Rastafari religious movement, which began in Jamaica and Ethiopia during the 1930s. Marcus Garvey...
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Calling Rastafari is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear. It was released on August 24, 1999 through Heartbeat Records. Recording sessions...
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Religion in Jamaica (section Rastafari movement)
Church (Kingston), and St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church (Trelawny). The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s...
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Monotheism (section Rastafari)
Eckankar, Sikhism, Manichaeism, Islam, Judaism, Samaritanism, Mandaeism, Rastafari, Seicho-no-Ie, Tenrikyo, Yazidism, and Atenism. Elements of monotheistic...
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Rastafari Teach I Everything is Jamaican reggae artist Sizzla's 12th studio album, released on Greensleeves on September 4, 2001. "Rastafari Teach I Everything"...
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Kumina (section Influence on Rastafari)
in urban Kingston. The Kumina drumming style has a great influence on Rastafari music, especially the Nyabinghi drumming, and Jamaican popular music....
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Abrahamic religions (section Rastafari)
diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as Rastafari, Rastafarians, or Rastas. Rastafari beliefs are based on a specific interpretation of the...
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Bobo Ashanti (category Rastafari)
Mansions of Rastafari. They cover their dreadlocks with bright turbans and wear long robes and can usually be distinguished from other Rastafari members because...
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Pescetarianism (section Rastafari)
is that food should be natural or pure, and from the earth. Though the Rastafari are generally associated with avid vegetarianism and veganism, a large...
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