I've been hearing about this influence for,"years". But if you were to ask any of my classmates, co-workers or the guy who lives up the road from me - they'd la

I've been hearing about this influence for,"years". But if you were to ask any of my classmates, co-workers or the guy who lives up the road from me - they'd laugh in your face. Rastafarianism may have been influenced Indians - but it sure isn't now! Rasta has always been a Black Power movement that takes Haile Selassie as the reincarnation of the Black Christ prophesied by the "prophet", Black Nationalist Marcus Mosiah Garvey.Think the Nation of Islam, but less dogmatic and centralized . Garvey is in other respects, Jamaica's first National Hero. The ban on cutting hair (Leviticus 21:5, Numbers 6:1-5, Judges 13:5), vegetarian/pescatarian diet and the smoking.(not all Rastas are ganja smokers) are features of the Nazarite vow. No one is mentioning Indians when they're that Nazarite vow to join the House of Nyahbinghi or Bobo Ashanti