rastafarian in English

noun
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a member of the Rastafarian religious movement. Rastafarians have distinctive codes of behavior and dress, including the wearing of dreadlocks, the smoking of cannabis, the rejection of Western medicine, and adherence to a diet that excludes pork, shellfish, and milk.
The two suspects told police they are Rastafarians , but Rastafarian leaders on the island have denounced the attack.
adjective
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of or relating to a religious movement of Jamaican origin holding that blacks are the chosen people, that Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was the Messiah, and that black people will eventually return to their Africa.
The Rastafarian religion inspired by Emperor Haile Selassie is what brought American Gladstone Robinson to Ethiopia 40 years ago.
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1. 28 He is a big fan of reggae music and the late Bob Marley, a follower of the Rastafarian religion.

2. Variations of the hand pipe include ceremonial pipes (Native American), chalices (Rastafarian), Chibouks (Turkish), chillums (India), kiserus (Japanese), midwakhs (Arabian), and sebsis (Moroccan)

3. 1 Bio 1.1 Cars: Toons: Mater's Tall Tales: The Video Game 1.2 Cars 3 2 Appearances 3 Gallery 4 Names in other languages The Rasta Carian is a Rastafarian monster truck with a false dreadlock wig (rasta hair)

4. Formed in Jamaica in 1968 by Bernard Collins together with brothers Linford and Donald Manning, the Abyssinians' close three-part harmonies were utterly orthodox, yet profoundly visionary, incorporating plangent minor keys, a leisurely tempo and strong Rastafarian content -- key elements of roots reggae.

5. Formed in Jamaica in 1968 by Bernard Collins together with brothers Linford and Donald Manning, the Abyssinians' close three-part harmonies were utterly orthodox, yet profoundly visionary, incorporating plangent minor keys, a leisurely tempo and strong Rastafarian content -- key elements of roots reggae.