Rastafarians use words in their language features for example:
*Zion refers both Ethiopia and the African continent.
*Alpha and Omega: ALPHA: Emperor Haile Selassie, OMEGA: Empress Menem, as the perfect union between man and woman, the beginning and end.
*Jah Love : refers to the great love that Jah is for their children.
*I and I: It is a complex term, referring to the unity of Jah (God) with each of the humans but also underlining the paramount importance of human beings in the order of things.
*Babylon is a concept critical of the capitalist system, the consumer society and alienating forms of life in modern.
*Bless: means blessing and is used as a farewell among Rastafarians.
*Karamawi is the highest praise to God who refers a rasta.
One of the things that I like the rastreareis is the way his words are expressed and it is very interesting to know that everything in his vocabulary has a meaning.
ResponderEliminarwe can see that the words they use have a history or a explanation, and each one have a meaning.
ResponderEliminarAll those words give something special tu this group, they give identity and creative.
The have their own belief