The Hindu Origin Of Rastafari Livity
From 1845 to 1917, after the declaration of the emancipation of African slaves in the colonial Caribbean, more than 36,000 East Indians immigrants were invited by the English to work on the Jamaican plantations .www.modernghana.com
Marijuana and Spirituality: How Hinduism Influenced Rastafarian Tradition In Jamaica
The influence of Indian culture on Rastafarianism can be traced back to the mid-19th century when the British colonial government brought Indians to Jamaica ashomegrown.co.in
Learn something about the culture that you borrowed from India
Marijuana
Jai/Jah
Dreads
Curry
Your whole culture is Indian.
The culture Rasta's follow is African/Ethiopian, not Indian. They travel to Ethiopia for enlightenment, never to India.
They identify with Africa, not India. All their deities are Black. From Garvey, Emmanuel to Selassie etc.
Marijuana has been prevalent all throughout Africa for 1000s of years and have their own landrace strains. It is everywhere!!
Locking hair is not exclusively Indian, and as you have already been informed is also done throughout Africa for many millennia.
And course Afro hair in hot dry conditions if left alone will naturally lock.
Your desperate attempt to credit Indians for what Africans naturally been doing is quite telling.
This attitude is how Black culture, religion, history and inventions have been credited to Eurasians and Europeans.
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