some sects believe it is the elders who should smoke..there are sects in africa that dont smoke....i often read, but not always, that it comes from the jamaican sect as it grows so free there.....it is hard to determine, there are so many different opinions and teachings of rastafari...i saw one that even said 2 of the 6 basic principles are that they hate white people, and want to punish them.....but then they say, the goal is not to oppress who has oppressed them, but to provide teaching for the reuniting of the races...it is all rather confusing....i think it is nifty though, that they have these beliefs and follow them..and if they do hate the white people, well, we kinda did earn that back in the day, and still do now in some regard....
surreys princess Reviewed by surreys princess 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