rastas

Noun
  1. (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s;
    Males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps;
    Use marijuana and listen to reggae music (synset 108309339)
    referred to in: jamaica - a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
    is a type of:
    • cult - followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
    • youth subculture - a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre
    member holonym: rasta, rastafarian - follower of Rastafarianism
    same as: rastafari

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