Reggae is the sound.
Rastafari is the root.
Rastafari is the root.
Most people meet Rastafari through the music and think they know it. The faith runs deeper. It is a movement of works, of African liberation, of a crown that defied empire. Reason through it, step by step.
Overstand (v.): to grasp a thing from a higher place, not a lower one. You don't stand under the truth. You overstand it.
OVERSTAND.
The real Rastafari, root to crown.
Today's reasoningOne card. One truth. Keep the streak.
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Five steps · begin at the root
Certificate of OverstandingThe full climb, sealed in your name.
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The Rastafari calendar
Holy DaysDays of remembrance and celebration
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His Imperial Majesty
Sight the KingThe face of the faith, in his own likeness
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The Royal Creedthe law that unites all Rastafari
The Rastafari Royal Creed
His Majesty carried this charge to the world in his 1963 address to the United Nations.
Let the hungry be fed,
the aged protected,
the naked clothed,
the sick nourished,
and the infants cared for.
the aged protected,
the naked clothed,
the sick nourished,
and the infants cared for.
THE NYAHBINGHI CREED · IN HONOR OF H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I
No matter the mansion or the approach, this is the ground every Rastafari stands on. Not what you say, but what you do. Care for the vulnerable is the faith made real.
Holy DaysRastafari calendar
His Imperial MajestyHaile Selassie I
Certificateof Overstanding
You climbed the whole tree, root to leaf. Write your name the way it should be read, and the certificate is yours to keep and share.
On iPhone: press and hold the certificate, then tap Save Image.