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Terms related to rastafari people, culture, belief and more.

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It is a dialect created by Rastafari people to meet their needs regarding to language and Philosophy, and to avoid speaking English, the language of slavery because it was imposed.

Domain: Culture; Categoria: General culture

An African Black King which is considered the second coming of Jesus. He was prophesied by Marcus Garvey 50 years earlier.

Domain: Culture; Categoria: General culture

A prophet (Jamaican politician born in 1887) who predicted the crowning of a black King in Africa (Halie Selassie I) who would free black people from slavery.

Domain: Culture; Categoria: General culture

It refers to either Ethiopia or the whole continent of Africa, where after the Day of Judgment, one can enter through Rastafari.

Domain: Culture; Categoria: General culture

A holiday celebrated by Rastafari people every April 21. It marks the date Haile Selassie I visited Jamaica in 1966.

Domain: Culture; Categoria: General culture

A member of an originally Jamaican religion that regards Ras Tafari (the former emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie) as a Messiah.

Domain: Culture; Categoria: General culture

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