Who are the Rastafarians?

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  • Who exactly are the Rastafarians? Who are the Rastafarians, and how is their culture connected to that of Jamaica, the Caribbean and the African diaspora and people? Although small in number, the Rastafarian adherents have become having significant indeed, with their practices and lifestyle becoming synonymous with Jamaican culture in the eyes of many Americans and Westerners, but this is far from the truth.
    In today's video we will be discussing the interesting history of the Rastafarian movement and religion, it's connection to reggae, Bob Marley and Ethiopia, and what it has evolved to in the present day. These videos are 100% for educational and entertainment purposes, not to disparage or promote any one religion or people. Thanks for watching!
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Комментарии • 677

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 4 года назад +162

    It's amazing how 1% of the population is now the symbol of the whole country

    • @RICO_SUAVE_86_
      @RICO_SUAVE_86_ 4 года назад +39

      So true. Growing up, I thought Rastafarianism was the dominant/main religion in Jamaica, only to find out later that they make up only 1% of the entire population of Jamaica. Goes to show you the profound influence that Rastafarianism, Bob Marley, and Reggae music had on not just Jamaica, but the entire world, especially during the 1960's and 70's

    • @flamencoprof
      @flamencoprof 4 года назад +13

      Just like how a few Gypsies in Spain have music everyone else thinks of as representing Spain as a whole. :-)

    • @Demographiaanthropology
      @Demographiaanthropology 4 года назад +1

      @@RICO_SUAVE_86_ indeed

    • @Demographiaanthropology
      @Demographiaanthropology 4 года назад +3

      @@flamencoprof Wow i didn't know that either

    • @Spongebrain97
      @Spongebrain97 4 года назад +12

      @@flamencoprof i thought the traditional stereotypical view was that gypsies were from bulgaria or romania, not Spain

  • @elijahquinton9086
    @elijahquinton9086 4 года назад +82

    To be clear, not all Rastaman believe that Selassie is GOD. Some believe that he was just a Prophet of the MOST HIGH.

    • @booblam6919
      @booblam6919 5 месяцев назад

      1. What was Reuben calling........
      2. What was Simeon calling.......
      3.what was Levi calling........
      4. What was Judah calling......
      5. What was Issachar calling.....
      6. What was Zebulun calling.....
      7. What was Dan calling......
      8. What was Gad calling......
      9. What was Asher calling.....
      10. What was Napthali calling....
      11. What was Joseph calling......
      12. What was Benjamin calling......
      Each tribe has a specific calling from GOD.....calling such as sonship....watchman...and high priest. .

  • @Mikithemenace
    @Mikithemenace 4 года назад +175

    One correction: Ethiopian Orthodox Church is not part of Eastern Orthodoxy, it is part of Oriental Orthodox community. Because Eastern Christianity is divided in three branches: Eastern Orthodoxy (Serbian, Russian, Greek, Bulgarian etc.), Oriental Orthodoxy (Ethiopians, Copts etc.) and Eastern Catholics. However, most of Eastern Orthodox believers view Oriental Orthodox believers as their brothers and sisters (and vice versa), and dont see any difference.

    • @HammerHeadzzz
      @HammerHeadzzz 4 года назад +2

      The last sentence is actually a specific heresy called ecumenism in the Orthodox Church. We see a brotherhood with them in that they’re fellow Christians but we have been split since the 5th century and are NOT in communion with them. This means we are closer “brothers” to Catholics than them, and even with Catholics most would say that’s a pretty big split.
      This is a common misconception and this is what I thought when I converted to orthodoxy
      There are multiple oriental orthodox churches and from what I understand they don’t make a cohesive group. Where Russians, Antiochians, and Greeks are all in communion, I think the Eritreans, Armenians, Malankara are actually out of communion from the Assyrians. From what I understand the bond between the former group is fairly loose.

    • @thadeusgaspar224
      @thadeusgaspar224 4 года назад +4

      this chalcedonian-myaphysite thing is overexaggerated, and mostly by Orthodoxes who are from outside the middle east.
      the greek and coptic churches of Alexandria are pretty much in communion nowadays for instance

    • @thadeusgaspar224
      @thadeusgaspar224 4 года назад +1

      the "Christology divide" is a foreign concept, and worthless if compared to centuries of shared monastic tradition, with us the "Orientals" share common beliefs of the Monarchy of The Father, Uncreated Divine Energies and a genuine Theosis, all more important than the supposed chalcedonianism of the L*tins

    • @HammerHeadzzz
      @HammerHeadzzz 4 года назад +1

      Thadeus Gaspar its not over exaggerated, Coptic Christians will claim we’re in communion but we are not. Not only do they have a major theological difference, they also have a prideful church who refuses to admit any wrong, says it’s due to “language differences”, and continue venerating their heretical saints. Nothing personal, I’m fascinated by Coptic Christians in many ways.

    • @HammerHeadzzz
      @HammerHeadzzz 4 года назад

      Thadeus Gaspar Monasteries and any non ecumenist progressive church will not give orientals communion. You can say we’re similar but that says all it needs to say. Roosh V is Armenian Orthodox and got rejected at St Anthony’s, easy to find on RUclips “Babylon road 15”

  • @madmasseur6422
    @madmasseur6422 4 года назад +267

    >learns about how Ethiopia adopted Christianity
    >decides to make a new religion instead of adopting Ethiopian orthodoxy

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 4 года назад +23

      @Sonny I'd love to know how they carved those stone churches in Lalibela.

    • @RPM1776
      @RPM1776 4 года назад +30

      Sonny armenia first christian then ethiopia second christian

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 4 года назад +8

      @Sonny I've seen pictures, incredible. One of my roomates in university was the son of Ethiopian immigrants and he opened my eyes to a lot of history they don't teach you in school.

    • @RPM1776
      @RPM1776 4 года назад

      Sonny interesting

    • @yodorob
      @yodorob 4 года назад +5

      @@RPM1776 Georgia (the Caucasian, not US, one) was also among the first, as were the Assyrians.

  • @darynbrown7001
    @darynbrown7001 4 года назад +173

    As a Jamaican I say this was well researched and accurate. Well done.

    • @rakification
      @rakification 4 года назад +5

      I'm sorry bro, it lacks of information. The people in Ethiopia know it. Just saying

    • @darynbrown7001
      @darynbrown7001 4 года назад +9

      @@rakification I think the aim of the video is to distguish who they are as a people rather than to explain the whole religion, if that's what you're implying

    • @rakification
      @rakification 4 года назад +4

      @@darynbrown7001 I agree that the video was made in a good manner. The mistakes are not really made by the video maker, but if he had known more about the background of Ethiopians history, he could have mentioned it, that the religion is based on a purposeful wrong history narrative from Ethiopian governments for at least 200 years. The result is, that people who are interested in the Rastafarian religion, get immediately a total wrong view of Ethiopian history, which is very hurtful for Ethiopians and Eritreans

    • @darynbrown7001
      @darynbrown7001 4 года назад +6

      @@rakification Interesting, what is this narrative?

    • @lobsterbalelegesse9919
      @lobsterbalelegesse9919 4 года назад +6

      @@darynbrown7001 You know the CIA help create this group to keep Jacob in confusion.

  • @mawdyardie
    @mawdyardie 4 года назад +14

    Thanks for the Video,My Father is a Rastafarian from Jamaica.I was waiting for this to release👍

  • @kaydenpat
    @kaydenpat 4 года назад +10

    Didn’t know that 25% of Jamaicans were non-religious. Surprising factoid. Cool video. Your channel content is always fascinating.

    • @XtoCee
      @XtoCee 4 года назад +10

      I am Jamaican and I find that hard to believe. Most Jamaicans are deeply religious and atheism is practically shunned upon. The non-religious demographic definition is ambiguous. It merely means the absence of believing in a religion, there are many Jamaicans who do not believe in the Bible and Christianity but at the same time believing in God and parts of the Bible (if that makes sense). Non-religious is not synonymous to atheism.

    • @rachelletyson364
      @rachelletyson364 3 года назад +1

      I don't believe that. At all. Even if they're not they were baptized Protestant.

    • @zacharykingston1046
      @zacharykingston1046 2 года назад +2

      Jaimaica has more churches per square foot then anywhere in world

  • @kwacou4279
    @kwacou4279 4 года назад +6

    Bob's dad Norval Marley, was not British, he was a white Jamaican from Clarendon ,his ancestry was British. The Marley family still resides in Jamaica. Like Bob, many of the Marley's are racially mixed even during the time of Bob.

  • @shabakahouse2125
    @shabakahouse2125 4 года назад +5

    Glad to see this. My pop Rastafarian Practitioner living in California. It is 13 of us. He has a revolutionary Story. He is 70s in better health than anyone I know.

  • @yisroelackerman
    @yisroelackerman 4 года назад +5

    Please keep coming out with videos.
    No more six month hiatus.

  • @kerycktotebag8164
    @kerycktotebag8164 4 года назад +14

    This would explain why I went to an Ethiopian restaurant and could've sworn the owners were into Rastafarianism based on some of the art and graphics on the walls

  • @pedromeza2398
    @pedromeza2398 4 года назад +7

    Masaman, thank you for a very informative video, the pictures that you use are incredible to see, specially the very old photos.

  • @user1596
    @user1596 4 года назад +59

    Make one about the Tajiks and Pashtons and their Scythian and Sogdian ancestors ❤️

    • @hakhamanesh4036
      @hakhamanesh4036 4 года назад +2

      🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

    • @TeymurKhan571
      @TeymurKhan571 4 года назад +2

      lol how hilarious

    • @user1596
      @user1596 4 года назад +3

      Modu Chanyu lol what

  • @GAZAMAN93X
    @GAZAMAN93X 4 года назад +7

    Any Fellow Jamaicans here?

  • @Leviathan123456
    @Leviathan123456 4 года назад +21

    as a man of jamaican decent. this is the video ive been waiting for. i dont actually know too much about them. so when people ask atleast ill have something to say now!

    • @robertmitchell8630
      @robertmitchell8630 4 года назад

      Here is a video
      Hindu influence on early rastafarian
      ruclips.net/video/mMJhomjTpkw/видео.html

  • @JD-yu3dk
    @JD-yu3dk 4 года назад +21

    ❤️🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
    “One world, one heart. Let’s get together and feel alright” - B. Marley

  • @monojakennedy_3758
    @monojakennedy_3758 3 года назад +3

    Emperor Haile Salassie visited Jamaica on the 20th April. That's the reason why 420 is informally celebrated as Marijuana Day

  • @colint7743
    @colint7743 4 года назад +3

    Canada - Well done ! Your comparison with 'Burned-over' religious revivals and religious movements(Mormons) is on point. Marley added a anti-modernism philosophical bent to the movement which spread throughout the Caribbean. And he expanded the belief's Pan-africanism to include the post-colonial struggle of sub-Saharan Africa. As a Jamaican, I give you props on your research.

  • @thejamaican67
    @thejamaican67 4 года назад +4

    Rastafarian’s are more like philosophical wandering ecstatic holy men like the Sadhu of India. No here is the thing Jamaica had a sizeable Indian immigrants brought over by the British. Now if you look at some key elements of Indian Sadhu i.e. dreadlocks, smoking of marijuana or ganja which is the Indian word for it, vegetarianism and the eschewing of personal wealth, I am sure there was a transfer of ideas influencing the development of Rastafarianism

  • @gatheringleaves
    @gatheringleaves 4 года назад +7

    Good video but one mistake you made was saying Bob Marley's father was a White British man. Norval Marley was not British, he was a white Jamaican from Clarendon Parish with ancestral roots in Great Britain as well according to some sources Syrian Jews through his mother Ellen Bloomfield

  • @405boy4
    @405boy4 4 года назад +7

    I'd so love to go to Jamaica and all through the West Indian region. It looks beautiful 💪💪👍👍

  • @rednavob
    @rednavob 4 года назад +11

    Hi Masaman, I always find your content very interesting. However I think this video is missing some key information about cultural influences. No mention here in link between Asian Indians Hinduism and influences on Rastafarianism. Rastafarians use the Sanskrit word Ganga for Cannabis which was brought to Jaimaca by people from India. Some Shaivites have dreadlocks and smoke cannabis as part of their religion. I wonder in what context this cross cultural pollination occurred?

    • @afromestizoking237
      @afromestizoking237 4 года назад

      Yea east indian sikh had help create part of the religion

    • @Jen-rw7yh
      @Jen-rw7yh 3 года назад +2

      Lol ras-tefrai meaning emperor tefere whih is name of hilesilase!! The dreadlocks started as protests in support by Ethiopian pirates!! That's where jamaicans took it from! Ethiopia is mostly orthodox and all Ziggy Marley children are baptized in Ethiopia orthodox church!

    • @Jen-rw7yh
      @Jen-rw7yh 3 года назад +1

      @@afromestizoking237 followed not create! Jamaicans started it!

    • @trevormcdonald385
      @trevormcdonald385 2 года назад

      It isn’t documented that’s the problem. How can one establish this link when Rastafarian didn’t develop until the 19th century and those rituals were added at a later date

  • @anandantor99
    @anandantor99 4 года назад +4

    The Jamaican census may be wrong, because there might be Rastafarians who identify themselves as irreligious when asked by the census

  • @johngreally9599
    @johngreally9599 4 года назад +11

    Rastafarianism was first introduced to New Zealand with reggae music in the mid-1970s. It became better-known after tours of New Zealand in 1979 by Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley and black British theatre group Keskidee Aroha. Several local Rastafarian reggae bands were formed, mainly with Māori and other Polynesian members from Porirua, near Wellington, and Ponsonby, Auckland. A global Rastafari organisation, the Twelve Tribes of Israel, formed a New Zealand chapter in the mid-1980s. Rastafarianism became especially influential around Ruatōria on the East Coast, where young Māori combined Rastafarian beliefs with the local Ringatū faith.
    On Mahia Peninsula, many white New Zealanders have had their first, and very positive encounter, with Maoi Rastafarians.
    Much admired Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos was New Zealand’s best-known Rastafarian until he retired from Parliament in 2008. In 2011 the first National Gathering of Rastafari was held in Wainuiomata, Wellington.
    In 2013 New Zealand Rastafarians adherents numbered about 1,900. Others, identifying in some lesser way, culturally at least, are estimated at an additional 5,500.

  • @joshuajean4683
    @joshuajean4683 3 года назад +3

    Awesome video. You should do one on history of Haiti.

  • @nomad155
    @nomad155 4 года назад +51

    Oh are ya gonna do one of voodoo?! I would like to know how it was in Haiti's history and how the Western world turned it into a pop cultural archetype (Zombies).

    • @gerardrbain1972
      @gerardrbain1972 4 года назад +3

      Voodoo, Obeah, Santeria and Hoodoo have had great influence on many in the western hemisphere; not withstanding the the fact that there were laws put in place to criminalise the practice of these faiths among those most likely to practice them.

    • @yodorob
      @yodorob 4 года назад +1

      Not to mention similar belief systems in West Africa from which Vodou (a preferable spelling over Voodoo) descends. The book "Mama Lola" is a good start to learn more about this whole thing.

  • @1258-Eckhart
    @1258-Eckhart 4 года назад +15

    The other trad African religion I'd like to hear about would be Ethiopian Orthodoxy.

  • @ChopASk8
    @ChopASk8 2 года назад +1

    My coworker/ mentor that I used work w/for 20yrs is originally from Jamaica elder Rasta. He's about 6ft & his locks are longer than his body,he wraps them around his head & wears a tam. My favorite word I'd get him to say was Car,if you know a Jamaican than you know. Over the 20yrs he did his best to influence me in a positive way,about not eating food bad for you & playing music. We were like the odd couple me a punk rock sk8r surfer that ate meat. He called me a ragamuffin. I always thought it was funny that we both were from tropical climates & dominated the freezer at the health food grocery cooperative we worked for. I think 1 of the reasons we worked together so well was our work ethic,he most definitely made sure I never developed a habit for calling in sick. We were pretty much family.

  • @tommasofogli8845
    @tommasofogli8845 4 года назад +5

    In Amsterdam i saw that quite a few coffee shops had the Ethiopian flag, now I know why

  • @Julius1997.
    @Julius1997. 4 года назад +36

    4 Rastafarians tought the "dislike" button means "Dis i like"

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 4 года назад +39

    Christianity is dated in Ethiopia to Saint Philip the Deacon and to Saint Matthew the Apostle ! they were Christian at the very beginning of The Church !

    • @IhaveBigFeet
      @IhaveBigFeet 4 года назад +8

      True one of the first Christian brothers

    • @miguelmejia4656
      @miguelmejia4656 4 года назад +1

      the ethiopians don't consider themselves black too

    • @fredriks5090
      @fredriks5090 4 года назад +6

      @@miguelmejia4656 Horn africans in general share ancestry with neighboring middle eastern/semitic peoples.

    • @XX-gy7ue
      @XX-gy7ue 4 года назад +6

      WE ARE ALL VARIATIONS OF ONE RACE !

    • @rakification
      @rakification 4 года назад +3

      @Sonny That's not correct. "Arab" mix is not huge and aside of that, if you take the Amharic, Tigray and Eritrean Tigrigna and Tigre People you See genetics, which contains roundabout 40-48% subsaharian dna, 20% northern african dna and 30% dna from a 3000 years old admixture with Israel/Palestine migrants. This was found in studies from Luca Pagani 2012, with the first inner Ethiopian genetic studies ever made. So the theory, that Eritrans and Northern Ethiopians had mixed with Arabs or Jemenites are dismissed, but for instance Somalians at indeed mixed with Jemenites Arabs due the Islamic kingdoms over a millennium. So, th horn of Africa is very heterogene and claims about "Horners" doesn't make sense.

  • @Rosemallow
    @Rosemallow 4 года назад +7

    Marajuana is legal there in small amounts
    I was there in 2017 it’s everywhere and they have some cool dispensaries too. I went to Bob Marley’s house and it was literally weed wonderland.

    • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
      @JohnSmith-rk6jy 4 года назад +2

      Abiana C Yea. I bought some at Bob’s house right in front of a cop.

    • @Rosemallow
      @Rosemallow 4 года назад

      @@JohnSmith-rk6jy fun place right?!

    • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
      @JohnSmith-rk6jy 4 года назад

      Abiana C loved Jamaica’s history, culture, people and environment. Besides the music and Ganga.

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 4 года назад +1

    It's amazing how they had such a huge influence on Jamaica despite being such a tiny percent of the population

  • @timsalter5505
    @timsalter5505 4 года назад +4

    I've been to Jamaica and don't think I encountered any Rastafarians. I think I may have encountered one in St. Lucia. I didn't ask.
    In terms of traditional African religions, traditional Yoruba religion as well as Benin/Togo animism would be interesting. Especially since I know people in both regions (Lagos and Lome).

  • @Saharanerdo23
    @Saharanerdo23 3 года назад +3

    Everyone needs to watch your videos. We need to understand each other not gripe about our differences and start a war over em
    Also your voice and vocabulary excITE ME

  • @joebobmarley2854
    @joebobmarley2854 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for making a video on this subject! One I've done some research on and the history is fascinating.
    I'm about to take a few bong hits then watch!

  • @RasTafariDNA
    @RasTafariDNA 4 года назад +1

    Good video. I am RasTafari. I embraced the mystic revelation 39 years ago. Many are called and chosen are few. Selamena Fiqir (Peace and Love)

    • @booblam6919
      @booblam6919 5 месяцев назад

      1. What was Reuben calling........
      2. What was Simeon calling.......
      3.what was Levi calling........
      4. What was Judah calling......
      5. What was Issachar calling.....
      6. What was Zebulun calling.....
      7. What was Dan calling......
      8. What was Gad calling......
      9. What was Asher calling.....
      10. What was Napthali calling....
      11. What was Joseph calling......
      12. What was Benjamin calling......
      Each tribe has a specific calling from GOD.....calling such as sonship....watchman...and high priest. .

  • @rudyrob
    @rudyrob 4 года назад +2

    Well researched!!
    I must add that many people in the culture and entertainment industries wear the Rasta hair style called "dread locks" but are not really interested in the actual religion. So in Jamaica we have Rasta's and natty dreads who look and dress alike.

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 4 года назад +37

    Haile Selassie ( pronounced ' Hi-lee C-lass-ie ) was an extremely intelligent and elegant and courageous man , AND A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN ALL OF HIS LIFE !

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад +3

      @Ario troll.

    • @theflaggedyoutuberii4311
      @theflaggedyoutuberii4311 4 года назад

      @Ario Pale face devil

    • @gerardrbain1972
      @gerardrbain1972 4 года назад +3

      @Ario Did you speak to the Emperor yourself to draw this conclusion?

    • @broodjeal-cohol5033
      @broodjeal-cohol5033 4 года назад +1

      You worship a bloodthirsty tyrant

    • @gerardrbain1972
      @gerardrbain1972 4 года назад +3

      @Ario I seriously doubt he would have set aside land in Ethiopia for them if he thought they were the imbeciles you said they are. And by the way the emperor was one of the founding members of the OAS (Organisation Of African States). One of the goals of the OAS was to create a United States Of Africa (at least that's what Kwame Nkrumah called it). So I didn't think the emperor thought black people were idiots either.

  • @applewagon253
    @applewagon253 4 года назад +2

    You produce such quality videos!

  • @user-sz6kw5tc4x
    @user-sz6kw5tc4x 4 года назад +3

    I don't agree with this at all. Ethiopia did not accept Christianity in 333 AD. In 333 AD Ethiopia made Christianity as state religion. Christianity was in Ethiopia since the beginning of Christianity. For example look the book of Acts in the bible. The most correct history is Christianity was there in Ethiopia a long side with Judaism and when Christians got power they made it a state religion in 333.

  • @dianhamilton9953
    @dianhamilton9953 4 года назад +1

    FYI...Jamaica is a country that is known to have more churches per square mile than most countries despite its relatively small population. The dominant religion practiced is Christianity. For a long time upper class Jamaicans "looked down " on Rastafarians as they were mainly humble craftsmen.There has been significant change however.

  • @thenowchurch6419
    @thenowchurch6419 4 года назад +4

    I give you a B plus for good effort but there are a few little errors here and there.
    Bob's dad was from a Syrian Jewish family that went to Jamaica from Britain, but he was
    born in Jamaica and was a white Jamaican, not a Brit.

    • @amde_meskel
      @amde_meskel 2 года назад

      Lord is that you?

    • @thenowchurch6419
      @thenowchurch6419 2 года назад

      @@amde_meskel The Lord's Spirit is in I but I am not the Lord.
      May you be blessed in Jah RasTafari Haile Selassie I.

  • @RedXlusive
    @RedXlusive 4 года назад +1

    Do a video on Santería. I'm a decendant of catholic cuban immagrants in Miami, but there are a lot of what we call Santeros (practitioners of Santería), and the origins and beliefs of them have always interested me, as it is a unique religion of african gods with roman catholicism mixed in. Great Video!

  • @Shadowbannddiscourse
    @Shadowbannddiscourse 4 года назад +3

    Actually you are wrong about Halie Selassie not being concerned about Africans in the African diaspora. Not only was he a pan africanist He sent Abina Yeshaq Mandefro to the carribbean and america because he was concerned about us in the diaspora and was upset about blacks in the diaspora thinking christianity as a "white mans religion " because that was foreign to him . Because of this many of us in the diaspora are Ethiopian tewadhedo orthodox today. Also there are some rastas that are also tewahedo - there are "many mansions in rastafari so there are some that are tewahedo and some that are not. Some are bobo shanti, and others . Rasta tewahedo are orthodox Christian and dont believe that Hallie Selassie is God like most rasta . And also why would you day he didnt care about blacks in the diaspora when he set aside land for them? I'm actually not a rasta I'm a punk rocker who is tewahedo . But I have friends that are and plus I've researched this religion. And whether you dig it or not, Bob may have had white ancestry but many of us do we are all apart of the African diaspora. He totally identified as black

  • @northumbriensis
    @northumbriensis 4 года назад +55

    Rastafarians: You are the messiah!
    Haile Selassie: Will you please listen I am not the Messiah!

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 4 года назад +2

      And that's definitely not a juniper bush either. ☆_☆

    • @gerardrbain1972
      @gerardrbain1972 4 года назад +5

      Even though Jesus never claimed to be a God; it was his followers who elevated him to that status.

    • @gerardrbain1972
      @gerardrbain1972 4 года назад +4

      @Deva Rafael Jesus never said he was a God and yet over 2 billion humans claim him as their chief deity. One can interpret biblical scriptures to bolster your views (even if they contradict other scriptures in the same bible); but Jesus himself never claimed to be a deity.

    • @strategicmulatto3212
      @strategicmulatto3212 4 года назад +2

      To my knowledge he never confirmed or denied anything.

    • @xiangtianxie8214
      @xiangtianxie8214 4 года назад +1

      Basil II Badassery and Heroism is two different things. Those two terms is used mistakenly Interchangeable. I would like to Haile Salassie may be a badass but definitely not a hero considering his atrocity. Many fictional villains are badass as well, like Darth Vader. They could have bravery but no have heroism. Some villains are worshiped because their Badassery or bravery. I would like to say people who is simultaneously coward and evildoer are most despised.

  • @charlescole1766
    @charlescole1766 4 года назад +4

    Make a video on the Ancient North Eurasians.

  • @gamebawesome
    @gamebawesome 4 года назад +6

    Can you do the Moors, and what happen to them?

    • @user-qv6gj8ut3t
      @user-qv6gj8ut3t 4 года назад +2

      He made a video ruclips.net/video/whhMgjIixMQ/видео.html

  • @machinesofgod
    @machinesofgod 4 года назад +1

    Great video. I too also visited the Bob Marley Museum (which was his house that he lived and recorded in) in Kingston. I wish there was a little discussion about ital cuisine, Rastafarian vegetarian food.

  • @supermateo8068
    @supermateo8068 4 года назад +6

    Could you make a video on
    1(how east or central Asian are slavs,
    2)How Celtic are people from iberian peninsula
    And
    3)what if all Greek lands were reunited

  • @Lando-kx6so
    @Lando-kx6so 4 года назад +1

    My girlfriend's father is a Trinidadian Rasta in the UK & my uncle & his kids are Jamaican Rastas living in Shashemane Ethiopia

  • @inhumanhyena
    @inhumanhyena 2 года назад +1

    *Have you done a video on the Nation of Islam and/or related spiritual moments amongst Black Americans? I've been researching then for years in pieces. The NOI is one of the more mysterious in terms of concisely identifying an origin, but as a part of a general trend, they appear to have been the most successful of such movements which I think could be interesting even for non-Muslim viewers.

  • @suzy4798
    @suzy4798 Год назад

    Yo man ! That was very well researched. I enjoyed this very much . Thank you .

  • @lajikaln9ne933
    @lajikaln9ne933 4 года назад +2

    RASTAFARI.....not Rastafarianism...Not a religion either...this is why we (melenated ppl) should document our own movements throughout history..🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @silvanadair4888
    @silvanadair4888 4 года назад +1

    I’ve waited for this episode for a long time

  • @peaceonelove
    @peaceonelove 4 года назад +2

    I may have missed it but I didn't hear anything about ther origins of the term rastafari or the fact that dreadlocks, vegetarianism and the ascetic smoking of ganja all come from the Indians that were brought there by the British. One love

  • @HotHeadCJ
    @HotHeadCJ 4 года назад +1

    Marijuana is now legal now albeit in small quantities and no recreational use in private

  • @kitto3608
    @kitto3608 3 года назад +1

    His dad wasn’t white British. His dad was a white Jamaican born in Clarendon Jamaica.

  • @mishaeltilahun1857
    @mishaeltilahun1857 4 года назад +1

    am from ethiopia , and so pround

  • @angelfirect
    @angelfirect 2 года назад +1

    I seldom comment but Masaman deserves full credits for this video. Precise and insightful and logical.
    From the Southern Horn of Africa-
    We send Our appreciation
    \o/*\o/
    #liked & #subscribed

  • @cuthbertjolly4859
    @cuthbertjolly4859 4 года назад +1

    Rastafarians had a huge influence on reggae music.

  • @JL-ti3us
    @JL-ti3us 4 года назад +8

    Even here in South Africa you can often find Rastafarians.

  • @sethk2384
    @sethk2384 4 года назад +4

    You could make a 2 hour video about Rastafari and just cover the surface. You didn’t talk about Ital (vegan, no salt) diet. The Hindu influences on the religion which are assumed to be from the Indo-Jamaicans- the ganja, no-meat diet and dreadlocks are a borrowing from Hinduism. The extreme pacifism, as far as I know nobody has fought or died for Rastafari, which most religions can’t claim.
    Two things in this clip that Rastafari may find offensive. The word Rastafarian is offensive because the Rastafari see their movement as a spiritual movement and not a religion and ‘-ian’ implies a religion. And the suggestion that Haile Selassie is dead is offensive.
    A good introduction to an admirable spiritual movement.

    • @ChopASk8
      @ChopASk8 2 года назад

      Or the sayings like I&I

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 4 года назад +5

    I didn't know that Rastafarians had to smoke weed. I thought it was just a stereotype

  • @matthiasr2739
    @matthiasr2739 4 года назад

    Great video again Masa!

  • @Ggdivhjkjl
    @Ggdivhjkjl 4 года назад +6

    Bob Marley became an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian latter in life.

  • @bethlehemkassa
    @bethlehemkassa 4 года назад +2

    You are pronouncing Haile Selassie's name incorrectly.

  • @chowyee5049
    @chowyee5049 4 года назад +8

    I read that Bob Marley turned his back on Rastafarianism towards the end of his life for Ethiopian Orthodoxy.

    • @USA2Brazil
      @USA2Brazil 4 года назад

      Sources?

    • @chowyee5049
      @chowyee5049 4 года назад +1

      @@USA2Brazil Marley, Rita (5 February 2013). No Woman, No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley. ISBN 9781401305697.
      White, Timothy (7 January 2010). Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley. ISBN 9780857121363

    • @chowyee5049
      @chowyee5049 4 года назад +1

      @@USA2Brazil just to be clear, I got this from Wikipedia. These are the sources they cited.

    • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
      @JohnSmith-rk6jy 4 года назад +1

      Mike H On the tour of Bob’s house in Jamaica 🇯🇲 I got told that by the tour guide.....who I believe was one of Bob’s Children. He converted to Ethiopian Orthodox. Which in my opinion is probably the closest thing to true Christianity ✝️. As it was on of the first established churches prior to Roman Catholicism.

    • @raspedroferrer1147
      @raspedroferrer1147 4 года назад

      Chow Yee Lee no that’s not true he was a twelve tribes Rasta so he was Christian and Rasta

  • @horacecunningham7832
    @horacecunningham7832 4 года назад +2

    Jamaican here to read the stereotypical comments

  • @jalenparker7538
    @jalenparker7538 2 года назад

    “Proto Rastafarian” beliefs began thousands of years ago, when the most high god Yah chose us as his people, all praises to the most high

  • @mrblackandwhite5104
    @mrblackandwhite5104 4 года назад +1

    Most jamaicans interestingly that I know are christian, sometimes protestant or seventh day adventists. I mean I'm in london so it might be different in the states

  • @fortunekookimon4610
    @fortunekookimon4610 4 года назад +15

    Please cover the coneheads / elongated skull people.

    • @zlinos139
      @zlinos139 4 года назад

      You are joking, right??

    • @fortunekookimon4610
      @fortunekookimon4610 4 года назад +7

      @@zlinos139 no I'm not referring to that cheesy movie. Many of the pre-Incan Paracus mummies of Peru have naturally elongated skulls, with 3 times thicker cranial density, not the result of infant head binding, that also have natural red hair & DNA that doesn't match up with any modern haplogroup.

    • @Julius1997.
      @Julius1997. 4 года назад

      @@fortunekookimon4610 Crimean/black sea Dna according to Brien Foerster

  • @RyanCooperOfCapeTown
    @RyanCooperOfCapeTown 3 года назад +2

    Hey Mason, Thanks for yet another cool and informative video. For you curiosity, look up the "Sack Cloth Rastas" of Cape Town, South Africa. They live in the mountains and adopt a very naturalistic and ascetic version of Rastafarianism.

  • @mikec.4519
    @mikec.4519 4 года назад +1

    you speak so well

  • @tyronsimpson2143
    @tyronsimpson2143 4 года назад +2

    Weeds is actually legal in Jamica????? And also the Rastas have a Hidi influence with in its divinity

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 4 года назад

    WRT the headgear, as soon as I heard the name "Tam", something I already knew was triggered. Thanks Wikipedia: -
    "A tam o' shanter (in the British military often abbreviated to ToS), or 'tammie' is a name given to the traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men. The name derives from Tam o' Shanter, the eponymous hero of the 1790 Robert Burns poem"
    "The tam o' shanter is a flat bonnet, originally made of wool hand-knitted in one piece, stretched on a wooden disc to give the distinctive flat shape, and subsequently felted."

  • @TheRileyKiley
    @TheRileyKiley 4 года назад

    Just want to clarify, marijuana is medically legal in Jamaica federally. Anyone, even a non-citizen, can pay to become medically certified to be able to enter medical dispensaries and purchase product. If you want to see more, look up the Kaya dispensary. If I remember right it’s in runaway bay.

    • @miguelmejia4656
      @miguelmejia4656 4 года назад

      yes, marijuana should be legalized worldwide and ban cigarettes and alcohol

  • @wilmhoff1334
    @wilmhoff1334 4 года назад +2

    Have you done a video on Mandaeanism?

  • @MartinSmith-ls4wt
    @MartinSmith-ls4wt 4 года назад +7

    Watch the documentary STEPPIN RAZOR RED X, about the life of Peter Tosh. All you need to know is there, including the truth about Bob Marley.

  • @kjell159
    @kjell159 4 года назад +1

    8:09
    Is the man on the far right albino?
    Reminds me of 'Yellowman', an albino Jamaican reggae artist.

  • @aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254
    @aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254 4 года назад +2

    ¿How about the 2 million African Americans who are Black Hebrews in religion and the 2 million British Israelites (during 19th century, apogee of the the British empire)? The Black Hebrews are very interesting. 2 million regard themselves as such in loosely way, but about 500000 are organized seriously. A good deal of rastas became new converts to the Black Hebrews and a tiny number of them moved to Africa and ended up in Israel to become accepted as Israeli citizens in hippie like communities in the Negev desert. Several basketball players & singers stemming from this tiny community became prominent within Israel and abroad. The 500000 Black Hebrews (the officially affiliated in a serious group) have ultimately joined mainstream orthodox Judaism. They believed that their Israelite ancestors moved to Africa and then non Israelite neighbors sold them to European slavers.

    • @kivloli8385
      @kivloli8385 4 года назад

      Bantus languages is hebrew
      www.jstor.org/stable/715705?seq=1

    • @aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254
      @aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254 4 года назад +1

      @@kivloli8385 Some of them really are. Igbo definitely is related to Hebrew.

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 4 года назад

      @@aritzlizarragaolascoaga6254 yea i am pretty sur igbo isnt a bantu language.

  • @Handsome.Liberian.African
    @Handsome.Liberian.African 3 года назад

    Prejudice is often based on misinformation. Consider the following examples:Some employers have mistakenly believed that women are unqualified for scientific or technical jobs.In medieval Europe, Jews were falsely accused of poisoning wells and spreading disease. During Nazi rule, Jews were again slandered. But this time they were accused of causing the economic crisis in Germany. Both cases resulted in the Jews becoming victims of extreme prejudice, some of which is still evident today. Big Love to all african descendants ❤️🙏

  • @HammerHeadzzz
    @HammerHeadzzz 4 года назад +1

    Hey massaman i have an awesome video idea for you: the Samaritans

  • @fingersm
    @fingersm 4 года назад +3

    Rasta in spirit for life!!!

  • @selendriamuganogo7077
    @selendriamuganogo7077 4 года назад +8

    They remind me so much of the Sandhu Hindu religious men

    • @dkaniewski5862
      @dkaniewski5862 4 года назад +7

      Selendria Muganogo You’re right, there’s a reason for that!East Indians were brought to Jamaica, being poor and living in close proximity, Rastas adopted the dreadlocks from hindu holy men, as well as strict vegetarianism called ital. The ital way and dreadlocks are also adopted from the Nazarite order, which is in Numbers chapter 6. The Nazarites were among the first Christians

    • @selendriamuganogo7077
      @selendriamuganogo7077 4 года назад +1

      d kaniewski that’s really interesting.. I’m going to look up that scripture

    • @dkaniewski5862
      @dkaniewski5862 4 года назад +2

      Let me know what you think! I’ve been reading a lot about Rasta, it’s a fascinating religion and mentality

    • @selendriamuganogo7077
      @selendriamuganogo7077 4 года назад +1

      d kaniewski that was the first time I’ve ever read that scripture... all this time I’ve been wondering what a nazarite was... very interesting

    • @dkaniewski5862
      @dkaniewski5862 4 года назад

      Personally I’m a Christian but I’ve been trying to read my Bible more to really understand its actual meanings. It’s interesting how different groups interpret or focus on certain passages (like Rasta compared to Christian groups)

  • @tameshwarbeekham8349
    @tameshwarbeekham8349 3 года назад +1

    I AM BLESSED EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY

  • @yodorob
    @yodorob 4 года назад +2

    Do a video on the Ethiopian Jews, who have called themselves Beta Israel and who were pejoratively called Falasha. These days, they mostly live in Israel, and most of those moved there from Ethiopia in the 1980s and early 1990s.

    • @knowledgeseeker8582
      @knowledgeseeker8582 4 года назад +2

      He not going to do that cause it will prove those other Jews are converts and frauds

    • @lobsterbalelegesse9919
      @lobsterbalelegesse9919 4 года назад +2

      @@knowledgeseeker8582 True and they are the dark skin tribe of Dan, who are still Jacob🤴🏾👳🏾‍♂️.

    • @kivloli8385
      @kivloli8385 4 года назад

      You can write in google "Jews of the bilad al-Sudan" Arabs confirm that the Jews and Israelites are in Subsaharian Africa.

    • @imperator692
      @imperator692 4 года назад

      Pretty sure he did one already

    • @yodorob
      @yodorob 4 года назад

      @@imperator692 He's done one already on the Jews as a whole and whether they're a race. Not one about each specific group like Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Ethiopian Jews, etc.

  • @tigertank5295
    @tigertank5295 4 года назад

    Very cool!

  • @thenowchurch6419
    @thenowchurch6419 4 года назад +2

    Did you even mention Marcus Mosiah Garvey ? I think not.
    You lost points for that !

  • @RedOakPictures
    @RedOakPictures 4 года назад

    The Baye Fall an offshoot of the Mouride brotherhood in Senegal is also an interesting focus point for a Video. It's Islamic in faith and the adherents wear matted freeform Dreadlocks just like the Rastafarians.

  • @teganherbert
    @teganherbert Год назад

    well explained

  • @OGStoneVegas
    @OGStoneVegas 4 года назад +1

    gwan gwan

  • @tameshwarbeekham8349
    @tameshwarbeekham8349 3 года назад +1

    I AM BLESS EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY

  • @sosinaesayas7147
    @sosinaesayas7147 4 года назад +1

    But today some rasteferians are believing in orthodox Christianity and they are understanding that Haileselasie wasn't God. Since i am an Ethiopian i believed that Haileselassie is only a good leader no more anything

  • @JKBX-kc2ts
    @JKBX-kc2ts 4 года назад +1

    There seems to be failure within this video to acknowledge the Hinduism influence on Rastafarianism.

  • @BloodRider1914
    @BloodRider1914 4 года назад +1

    Video on Haiti

  • @strategicmulatto3212
    @strategicmulatto3212 4 года назад

    A nice follow-up vid would be on 12 tribe/bob ashanti/nyabinghi branches of rastafari.

  • @tameshwarbeekham8349
    @tameshwarbeekham8349 3 года назад +1

    I AM BLESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE

  • @petergeramin7195
    @petergeramin7195 4 года назад +1

    Do Santería next! 🇨🇺

  • @Phuture33
    @Phuture33 Год назад +1

    Well done but just remember, Rasta does not believe in “isms” and “skims”, so Rasta doesn’t reference “Rastafarianism” but rather just Rastafari…