My name is Meghan and I am writing with great interest in the Rastafari movement. I am currently in a religion seminar class which discusses various movements and compares them to what the general public believes is considered a "religion." I am thankful to have found your website to read...
How Did Bob Marley Practice His Religion? Bob Marleytook on elements of Rastafari faith and practice in the later part of the 1960s. He grew his hair out into dreadlocks (this Rasta practice is based on Leviticus 21:5 "They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shav...
Jacob Miller was a Jamaican reggae musician and a member of the religion Rastafari. He was born on May 4, 1952, and died on March 23, 1980, in a car accident in Kingston, Jamaica, with one of his sons. He was popular for his association with the legendary Bob Marley and the Wailers...
Ital is a variation on the word vital, signifyingRasta's belief in a diet essential to human health and well-being. It's a common practice within theRastafari movementto remove the first letter or few letters of a word and replace it with the letter I. It's a dialect the Rastafarians ...