The Rastafarian movement is a "messianic religion-political movement" that began in the Jamaican slums in the 1920s and 30s. The most famous Rastafarian is Bob Marley, whose reggae music gained the Jamaican movement international recognition.
Generally said to be November 2, 1930, the year Emperor Hailie Selassie I (1892-1975) was crowned, but based in a movement of the 1920s. It was founded in Jamaica by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), a black Jamaican who taught in the 1920s and is considered a second John the Baptist.
In today’s society there is significant variation within the Rastafarian movement and no formal organization. We as well as Rastafarians see Rasta more as a way of life rather than a religion. The Rastafarian movement has a belief in the divinity and/or messiah ship of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I (whose birth name was Ras Tafari Makonnen. (The God of Rastafarians), the influence of Jamaican culture, resistance of oppression, and pride in African heritage. Rastafarians still as the hope of returning to African which they refer to as their homeland, also they are grateful of that opportunity.
The Rastafarian lifestyle usually and continue to includes ritual use of marijuana, avoidance of alcohol, the wearing of one's hair in dreadlocks, and vegetarianism.
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