Nyabinghi order

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The Nyabinghi order is a traditional and spiritually focused branch of the Rastafari movement known for its drumming, chanting, and emphasis on African liberation and resistance to oppression.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Rastafari order
religious movement
spiritual tradition
associatedWith Ethiopia
Jamaica
coreBelief African liberation
divinity of Haile Selassie I
repatriation to Africa
resistance to oppression
corePractice chanting
reasoning sessions
ritual drumming
emphasis communal worship
ital living
strict moral discipline
goal African unity
overthrow of oppression
spiritual liberation
hasAlternativeName Niyabinghi order
Nyahbinghi order
hasEthicalCode rejection of Western materialism
rejection of alcohol and hard drugs
hasRitual Nyabinghi groundation
all-night drumming sessions
chanting of psalms
hasSymbol Ethiopian flag colors
Lion of Judah
influencedBy Ethiopianism
Pan-Africanism
anti-colonial resistance
languageUsed Jamaican Creole
dread talk
meetsAt Nyabinghi tabernacle
musicInfluence Rastafari devotional music
roots reggae
observes Coronation of Haile Selassie I
Grounation Day
Rastafari holy days
opposes Babylon system
originatesFrom 20th-century Jamaica
partOf Rastafari movement
religiousOrientation Rastafari
usesInstrument bass drum
fundeh drum
repeater drum
venerates Haile Selassie I
Jah

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nyabinghi order ("Niyabinghi order")
hasAlternativeName
Rastafari movement
hasBranch
Nyabinghi order ("Nyabinghi groundation")
hasRitual

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