Saturday, June 10, 2006

Rastafarians

The Magen David is used to symbolize not only the Jewish religion but also the Rastafarian religion. It is used on a lot of reggae CD covers. The Rastafarians use the Magen David because they believe that their leader, the late King of Ethiopia Haile Selassie I was descendant from King Solomon and King David. (In Amharic Haile Selassie means "Power of Trinity". His former name was Ras Tafari Markonnen (1892-1975).


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zeevveez said...

"The Star of David, or also called the Star of Solomon, is used many times to symbolize the Rastafarian religion. It is used on many reggae CD covers and even flags depicting both Rastas and Jews. The Rastafarians, as stated above believe that Haile Selassie their leader, was descendant from King Solomon and King David, hence they use their symbol, the Star of David."

Source:Parallelisms and Differences:
Rastafarianism and Judaism
Dani Dvorin
20 April 1998

http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/dvorin.html

16 January, 2007 08:22

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