Bob Marley said: ... when the music strikes
you do not hear pain ... and the Reggae hits the world!
The evolution of Reggae in the new millennium sees the fusion
with all the musical kinds and notoriety of his rhythm in
the world through artists like Sean Paul who's made a fashion
bit.
-CD are available at the shops of the commercial
centers, the selection is reduced but it always includes the
latest present news on the market, often in collections. Please
got advised from the shopkeepers. For a wider selection, only
at Montego-Bay or Kingston you can find what you're looking
for.
Jamaica has the supremacy of the
highest concentration of churches for square kilometer in
the world . The extraordinary present mixture of races and
cultures in the country determines the coexistence of several
religious beliefs: it is principally a Christian country (
the 80% of the population ) with several Baptists Protestants,
Anglicans and Roman Catholics. The Hebrew and Islamic religions
are present too.
Rasta: The I enliven Rastafari,
whose name comes from the Ras (prince) and Tafari
terms (to fear) in honour of the Ethiopian Emperor Hailè
Salassiè, it is born in Jamaica at the end of
the 1920s as claim of the black nationalism. The founder is
Marcus Garvey, creator of an association for the improvement
of the conditions of the black people in the world, and the
return to the mother Africa. The movement is premonitory of
an upcoming ascent of a black Redentore to king in Africa
that is identified in crowned Hailè Salassiè
emperor of Etiopia in 1930. Salassiè is considered
descendant of King Salomon, king of the king, and
Lion of the Jewish Tribe. The one who would
have brought the Rastafarians back from their place
of exile to Sion, the promised land.
To symbolize the mane of the Lion of Judah, the followers
of the movement adopt as hair the Dreadlocks, long
plaits used by a few African tribe, and wear the Tam,
the typical wool cap red, green and gold, colours of the Ethiopian
flag. About the 60% of the Rasta smokes the Marijuana
(called Ganja) claiming that it help them to stay
in contact with god. They use to cook I-Tal without
salt and they are vegetarian.
Bob Marley gave the world brilliant
and evocative music; his music covered two decades and yet
still remains timeless and universal. It was a hero figure,
in the classic mythological sense. His departure from this
planet came at a point when his vision of One World, One Love
- inspired by his belief in Rastafari - was beginning to be
heard and felt.
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