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Noun: Rastafari
  1. (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woollen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music
    - Rastas
Noun: Ras Tafari
  1. Emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975)
    - Haile Selassie, Ras Tafari Makonnen

Type of: cult, emperor, youth subculture

Encyclopedia: Rastafari

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