(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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rastafari::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rastas |
| Type of | cult, youth subculture |
Examples of rastafari
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Rastafari draws from the Bible, mixing in African and Caribbean cultural influences.
From the suntimes.com
Rastafari are monotheists, worshipping a singular God whom they call Jah.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Rastafari culture does not encourage mainstream political involvement.
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Rastafari belief starts to seem almost sunny in nature, its messages homogenized into blandness.
From the nytimes.com
Rastafari nonetheless may be seen as an extension of Garveyism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Rastafari remained arcane to most off-islanders, but Marley's devotion to it produced the last great soul music.
From the time.com
Rastafari belief developed partly out of resentment, not just against whites, but against the black middle-class culture of Jamaica.
From the nytimes.com
Rastafari developed among poor Jamaicans of African descent who felt oppressed and that society was apathetic to their problems.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I also hope it projects a positive and more importantly a respective image of rastafari brethren and sistren as does not turn into mockery and laughter.
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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
- (rastafarian) of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians
- (rastafarian) (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine
- (The Rastafarians) The Rastafarians was a California-based reggae group founded by Jamaican natives Michael Ashley aka Haile Maskel (bass and lead vocals) and Patrick Houchen aka Shaka Man (drums and lead vocals), and Californian Herb Daly (guitar) in Santa Cruz, California in 1980. ...
- (Rastafarian(ism)) An Afro-Christian revivalist cult formed in Jamaica in the early 1920s. The so-called Rastafarian Brethren emphasized rejection of both Jamaican and European culture in favor of eventual repatriation to Africa. ...
- (Rastafarians) a religious cult among black Jamaicans that teaches the eventual redemption of blacks and their return to Africa.^1
- Is a movement of Black people who know Africa as the birthplace of Mankind and the throne of Emperor Haile Selassie I -- a 20th Century Manifestation of God who has lighted our pathway towards righteousness, and is therefore worthy of reverence.
