Rastafari movement

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The Rastafari movement is a spiritual and cultural movement that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s, venerating Haile Selassie I, emphasizing African identity and resistance to oppression, and influencing global music and culture, especially through reggae.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afrocentric movement
religious movement
social movement
spiritual movement
associatedWithCountry Ethiopia
associatedWithPerson Marcus Garvey
coreBelief African identity
Babylon as oppressive Western system
Haile Selassie I is divine
Haile Selassie I is divine
surface form: Haile Selassie I is the returned messiah

Ital living
Zion as Africa
black liberation
livity (spiritual way of life)
repatriation to Africa
resistance to oppression
use of ganja as sacrament
demographicFocus African diaspora
hasBranch Bobo Ashanti
Nyabinghi order
Twelve Tribes of Israel
hasEthicalPrinciple anti-colonialism
anti-racism
communal solidarity
natural living
rejection of materialism
hasMainDeity Haile Selassie I
hasNotableFollower Bob Marley
Bunny Wailer
Burning Spear
Culture (band)
Peter Tosh
hasPractice Ital diet
Nyabinghi drumming
chanting
dreadlocks
reasoning sessions
reggae music as expression
ritual use of cannabis
hasViewOnJesus identifies Jesus with African identity
sees Jesus as black
hasViewOnSociety criticizes Western imperialism
criticizes capitalism
criticizes colonialism
inception 1930s
influenced Pan-Africanism discourse
black identity politics
dancehall
dub music
global popular culture
reggae
roots reggae
inspiredBy Marcus Garvey
interpretsText Bible in Afrocentric way
musicVehicle reggae
roots reggae
originCountry Jamaica
religiousText Bible
spreadTo Africa
Caribbean
Europe
Latin America
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
symbol Ethiopian flag colors
Lion of Judah
red gold and green
usesLanguageForm Iyaric
venerates Haile Selassie I

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Two Sevens Clash movement Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
International Herb associatedMovement Rastafari movement
Nyahbinghi order religiousTradition Rastafari movement
subject surface form: Nyahbinghi Order
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Nyahbinghi order influenced Rastafari movement
subject surface form: Nyahbinghi Order
this entity surface form: global Rastafari movement
Babylon system religion Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Babylon system viewHeldBy Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafarians
Nyabinghi tabernacle religion Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Nyabinghi tabernacle culturalContext Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Jamaican Rastafari movement
Rastafari holy days religion Rastafari movement
Rastafari holy days areObservedBy Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Grounation Day religion Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Grounation Day associatedMovement Rastafari movement
Bobo Shanti religiousMovement Rastafari movement
Bobo Shanti religiousTradition Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Ethiopian African Black International Congress associatedWith Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Caribbean Rastafari communities
EABIC religiousTradition Rastafari movement
EABIC associatedWith Rastafari movement
Ethiopian flag associatedMovement Rastafari movement
Dread Talk usedBy Rastafari movement
Dread Talk spokenIn Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafarian communities worldwide
Rasta Talk usedBy Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafarians
Rasta Talk associatedWithReligion Rastafari movement
Nyabinghi ceremonies religiousTradition Rastafari movement
Is This Love associatedWithMovement Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Rita Marley religion Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Bunny Livingston religion Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Bunny Livingston movement Rastafari movement
Blackheart Man hasSubject Rastafari movement
Struggle hasInfluenceFrom Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafarianism
Liberation associatedMovement Rastafari movement
Jah B movement Rastafari movement
Winston movement Rastafari movement
subject surface form: Winston Hubert McIntosh
Legalize It associatedReligion Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Mystic Man mainSubject Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Winston Hubert McIntosh movement Rastafari movement
Jamaican religionCommonlyPracticed Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Winston Rodney influencedBy Rastafari movement
Hail H.I.M. associatedWithMovement Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Dry & Heavy hasTheme Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Resistance hasLyricalTheme Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafarianism
Resistance associatedWithMovement Rastafari movement
Calling Rastafari hasInfluence Rastafari movement
Calling Rastafari hasSubject Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Calling Rastafari associatedMovement Rastafari movement
Jah Is Real hasReligiousPerspective Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari
Marcus Garvey (song) associatedMovement Rastafari movement
Slavery Days associatedMovement Rastafari movement
this entity surface form: Rastafari