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The term "Rastafari" derives from "Ras Tafari Makonnen", the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie, the former Ethiopian emperor who occupies a central role in Rasta belief. The term "Ras" means a duke or prince in the Ethiopian Semitic languages; "Tafari Makonnen" was Selassie's personal name. It is unknown why the early Rastas adopted this form of Haile Selassie's name as the basis of the term for their religion. As well as being the religion's name, "Rastafari" is also used for the religion's practitioners themselves. Many commentators—including some academic sources and some practitioners—refer to the movement as "Rastafarianism". However, the term is disparaged by many Rastafari, who believe that the use of -ism implies religious doctrine and institutional organisation, things they wish to avoid.
Ras (Amharic: ራስ, romanized: ras, lit. 'head' compare with Arabic Rais or Hebrew Rosh), is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages. It is one of the powerful non-imperial titles.
Historian Harold G. Marcus equates the Ras title to a duke;[citation needed] others have compared it to "prince".
The combined title of Leul Ras (Amharic: ልዑል ራስ) was given to the heads of the cadet branches of the Imperial dynasty, such as the Princes of Gojjam, Tigray, Ras Tafari Makonnen and the Selalle sub-branch of the last reigning Shewan Branch, and meaning "Lord of Lords", the highest title of lord.
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Real Rasta man Dem Which country is this plane ✈️ heading To ???
#black community#original photographers#black people#artwork#graphic design#black art#black power#black history#black culture#black family#rasta woman#dancing rasta#rastafari#rastaman#weedlife#smoke weed everyday#weedporn#jamaican#jamaica#dancehallculture#dancehall#reggae
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Bob Marley Getting Ready For The Wonder Dream Concert!
Bob Marley and The Wailers preforming a soundcheck a couple hours before the Wonder Dream concert would begin. The event was a benefit concert to raise funds to help blind people. (Jamaican Institute For The Blind). They would end up receiving 23,000 dollars.
Photographer: Kwame Brathwaite
Location Of Photograph: National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica. 10/04/1975
#bob marley#jamaica#reggae#music#live#70s#rare#rasta#jah#bob marley and the wailers#soundcheck#concert#black and white#black#african#rastafari#dreads#dreadlocks#1975#stevie wonder#musician#songwriter#singer#artist#roots#charity#photoset#photography#kingston#national stadium
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Likkle Badness 🇧🇲
#black girl moodboard#body goals#caribbean#dmvmodels#honeycocoanut#waistbeads#black femininity#aesthetic locs#loc styles#women with locs#rastafari#black tumblr#bermuda#pretty black woman#black girl aesthetic#pretty black girls#sheknowshefine#model status#black model#dmvlocs#beautiful model#alt model#tattoos#girls with tattoos#divine feminine#feminine energy#divine energy#chakras#glamour#witchblr
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Another one-away Roots obscurity, thankfully back on the shelves - Rhythm would appear to be Spear's Jordan River
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jah9 album cover shoot'19
#jamaica#photography#35mm#filmphotography#photographers on tumblr#original photographers#canon photography#canon#black photographers#canon a1#reggae#film#black beauty#black tumblr#black women#blacklivesmatter#rastafari#dreadlocks#rasta love#rasta#locs#dreads
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#black community#black people#black art#original photographers#black culture#graphic design#black history#black power#black family#artwork#rastafari#rasta#black africans#africa fashion#african art#black hair#black woman#lion#black tumblr
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RARE: Bob Marley Live In Concert! Perth. Western Australia. 1979.
#bob marley#reggae#rasta#music#jamaica#70s#live#jah#the wailers#rare#dreads#dreadlocks#rastafari#rasta colors#rastafarian#australia#perth#concert#live music#live performance#denim#denim jacket#warm#black#african#africa#caribbean#legend
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Throwback to when i did some serious photography😐😐😐
God knows why...actually i know why😁
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Black/Blackness has a ancient meaning
Credit: @kamjiverse Instagram and YouTube
#nation of gods and earths#supreme mathematics#five percent nation#blackness#Darkness#allah school in mecca#5% nation of gods and earths#hip hop#locs#rastafari#father allah#black people#black women#afro latina#afro latinos#latinos#african american#African#knowledge of self
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Top quality roots reality from 1978
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