Rastafari

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

thumb|Rastafari often claim the Flag of Ethiopia#Historical flags|flag of the Ethiopian Royal Standard as was used during [[Haile Selassie's reign. It combines the conquering lion of Judah, symbol of the Ethiopian monarchy, with red, gold, and green.]]

red, gold, green and black

thumb|Zion (1903), Ephraim Moses Lilien

Shashamane (, ) is a city in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Region with a 2007 Census population of 100,454, but with an estimated 208,368 inhabitants in mid 2022; the town is known for its Rastafarian community. A couple of years ago, the current town administration made a determined move to speed up the development of the town and answer the questions of the residents and is one of the fast urbanizing urban centers in Oromia Regional State and has seventeen (17) sub-cities. Namely Abosto, Alelu, Arada, Awasho, Dida boqe, Bulchana, Burqa Gudina, Kuyera, Awasho Dhenqu, Aleche Harebat

Jah or Yah (, Yāh) is a short form of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), the personal name of God: Yahweh, which the ancient Israelites used. The conventional Christian English pronunciation of Jah is , even though the letter J here transliterates the palatal approximant (Hebrew י yodh). The spelling Yah is designed to make the pronunciation explicit in an English-language context (see also romanization of Hebrew), especially for Christians who may not use Hebrew regularly during prayer and study.

cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

thumb|A Jamaican ital meal including callaloo, [[ackee, and Jamaican veggie chunks]] thumb|A Jamaican ital breakfast including breadfruit, a plantain, and mango-pineapple juice

thumb|Rastafari in [[Barbados wearing a rastacap]]

song by Bob Marley

Iyaric, also called Dread Talk or Rasta Talk, is a form of language constructed by members of the Rastafari movement through alteration of vocabulary. When Africans were taken into captivity as a part of the slave trade, English was imposed as a colonial language. In defiance, the Rastafari movement created a modified English vocabulary and dialect, with the aim of liberating their language from its history as a tool of colonial oppression. Iyaric sometimes also plays a liturgical role among Rastas, in addition to Amharic and Ge'ez.

demolished street in Kennington, south London

one of the Mansions of Rastafari

one of the oldest denominations, or "Mansions", of the Jamaican religion of Rastafari

Rastafari group formed in 1968