this is interesting... can you tell what is Rasta in your understanding? I am asking becasue many people consider Rasta to be Bob Marley + ganja + dreads. I also have some friends who insist that they are Rasta, but can't explain what meaning they put in this word.
I remember talking with one guy from Africa. He told me that he is rasta, but when I asked him to describe some foundational principles of this religion, he told me that it ain't no religion. He told that "rasta is about love", about "positive vibration" and things like that. He aslo did not accept the word "religion" at all.
As for me, I love some styles of reggae music (and can't stand other, cuz reggae is very different in the way it sounds) but I can't accept many of rasta concepts and origins. I am atheist, and in fact I can't stand any religion. Listening to reggae taught me that rasta is kinda flexible term. And as any other religion it has different levels of "radicality". Of course I had read some articles about rastafari, but I just wonder what does it mean for you to be rasta head - in your everyday life? How does it affect you in general, your actions, the food you eat, the lifestyle? How deep is it inside you?
