Just a little info. Ras Tafari was an ethiopian prince whose name changed to Haile Selassie after he became king of ethiopia. Haile Selassie can trace his bloodline back to King Solomon in the bible. Queen of Sheba had a child for King Solomon, and this is the bloodline Ras Tafari was born from. Back in the 50's Jamaican learned that ras tafari was a direct descendant from this holy bloodline and they call him the conquering lion of the tribe of Judah. They believed that he was the messiah or second coming. Rasta do not cut there hair because in the book of leviticus no one from the tribe of levi can cut there hair, so dreads are a holy hairstyle. And also, the tribe of levi were the priest of the hebrews. They were the wise. And I think rasta saw this and incorporated this hairsyle into the lives as a sign of strength and also as a sign of rebellion against babylon.
muordeeb Reviewed by muordeeb on . rastafari question i have been reading alot about the rastafari beliefs..really just out of curiosity...anyway, i was wondering..the idea behind dreadlocks is that you should not take a comb/scissors, or "western tool", to your hair..now being that the followers of this are predominantely(sp) afro american, that means, of course, dreadlocks form...so why would it not be wrong for white people to have their hair made into dreads, who practice this system of beliefs? it seems that it would be disrespectful to Rating: 5