the origin of rastafari? - Jamaica Talk

anela · #1 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 04:12 PM

where do you think is the origin/ are the roots of rastafari?

jamaica or ethiopia??

i think its ethiopia because of emperor haile selassie, he was RAS TAFARI makonnen

GhettoGurl · #2 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 05:05 PM

http://www.rasta-legalhighs.com/rastafarians.html

Maybe that answers sum?

Alex93 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by anela

where do you think is the origin/ are the roots of rastafari?

jamaica or ethiopia??

i think its ethiopia because of emperor haile selassie, he was RAS TAFARI makonnen

Rastafarian religion was born and bred in jamaica.

Signed and sealed.

frankster · #4 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 03:43 AM

Rastafari is a new name for a old energy(spirit) that has permeated Afrikans and their life through out their existence in one form or the other .
But in regards to its peculiar incarnation recognize as Rastafari it is grounded and founded in Jamaica .

GhettoGurl · #5 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 02:15 PM

hehehehehe here ya go..... I googled the question and THIS came up

babyloc · #6 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GhettoGurl

hehehehehe here ya go..... I googled the question and THIS came up

Athough I appreciate your off humur on MOST occasions, this is just NOt funny!!! at all!!!....i would really like to comment on the pic but am trying to be good today.

But to answer the quest, Rastafari faith is born and bred from jamaica...its doctrine (use term loosely) is derived from eithiopia in the belief that Empeor Sallasie was God or reincarnation (or coming) of Christ.

Urban_DK · #7 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 05:12 PM

Good thing it wasn't the prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him.

GhettoGurl · #8 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by babyloc

Athough I appreciate your off humur on MOST occasions, this is just NOt funny!!! at all!!!....i would really like to comment on the pic but am trying to be good today.

But to answer the quest, Rastafari faith is born and bred from jamaica...its doctrine (use term loosely) is derived from eithiopia in the belief that Empeor Sallasie was God or reincarnation (or coming) of Christ.

So tell me.. are you a christian or a rastafari?

babyloc · #9 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 05:19 PM

i niether claim Christaian nor Rastafari, although i have claimed both in past. Both have good and bad quality, teaching. I choose to take waht i need from all walks of faith be it muslim, christian, hindu, budah, rasta....its good in all..but all is not good.

babyloc · #10 (**permalink**) 12-05-2006, 05:20 PM

is there a reason for the quest?

Mrs. Groovy 144 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex93

Rastafarian religion was born and bred in jamaica.

Signed and sealed.

Yes I was reading about that I think yesterday.....after listening to mutabaruka....(felt the need to, don't know why, sometimes i go back in time to when i was growing up and I used to listen to him. not religiously...just to hear how funny he talks)...and I learned that it started in 1930's, in JA...I never knew that.

Alex4Ja · #12 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Groovy 144

Yes I was reading about that I think yesterday.....after listening to mutabaruka....(felt the need to, don't know why, sometimes i go back in time to when i was growing up and I used to listen to him. not religiously...just to hear how funny he talks)...and I learned that it started in 1930's, in JA...I never knew that.

Yes it did.
Most people attribute its origin to Africa because Emporer Selassie was/is revered as Jesus incarnate by the followers of the religion.
What most dont seem to know is that Selassie himself never thought of himself as divine except that he is in truth and fact a direct descendant of King David of Israel. Beyond that, he has never claimed divinity unto himself.

Still, I respect and honor the Rastafarian culture (not the religion) and can't help but feel that it embodies most of what we as Jamaicans represent to the rest of the world.

Mrs. Groovy 144 · #13 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009, 04:19 PM

I was listening to Mutabaruka on Religion Talk, on you tube, and him an Ian Boyne was going at it, as usual.

Muta says that rasta don't see Rastafarianism as a religion, but more of a culture, a way of life. it's the people outside of Rastafarianism, who claim to say that it is a religion..

Not sure about that.

Alex4Ja · #14 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Groovy 144

I was listening to Mutabaruka on Religion Talk, on you tube, and him an Ian Boyne was going at it, as usual.

Muta says that rasta don't see Rastafarianism as a religion, but more of a culture, a way of life. it's the people outside of Rastafarianism, who claim to say that it is a religion..

Not sure about that.

He is correct.
And that's why I said what I said:

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Originally Posted by Alex4Ja

Still, I respect and honor the Rastafarian culture (not the religion) and can't help but feel that it embodies most of what we as Jamaicans represent to the rest of the world.

There are many who ignorantly believe that once you grow the locks, learn the words of a few Bob Marley songs and smoke weed until they are comatose, that makes them a rasta.

The religious aspect of rastafarianism is simply one small part of the whole rasta culture. Rastafarianism is a way of life.

Lady Rasta · #15 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 03:49 PM

hmmmmmmm..i saw a guest viewing this thread...interesting!!

just reminds me that SOME ppl just have no respect!