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//__**Reasoning**__// War, famine, in the twentieth century you won’t likely see the death of a culture fall to these drastic measure. Instead it will most likely be society that kills a culture. Society’s fear of change and a lack of respect for entities outside of the norm sets off modern everyday wars. These battle are held on News broadcasters, social media, and pop culture? Rastafarianism founded by Marcus Garvey was a religion that came in a ruff political for backs time where lacks weren’t welcomed in America spread through Reggie music, a big contribution by Bob Marley, it became known worldwide and practiced all over.  __//**History**//__ Though just cause this belief is recognized doesn’t mean its respected and because of the lack there of u get the death of a culture. The basic beliefs are similar to that of Judaism and Christianity. They share the same creator God or as it is called in the Rastafarian religion Jah. Jah was manifested on earth as Jesus, who Rasta’s believe was black, and they dub this messiah Emperor Haile Selassie who was crowned king of Ethiopia in 1930. The three most practiced beliefs of Rastafarianism are Nyahbinghi Order; Bobo Shanti; Twelve Tribes of Israel the diversity comes from the wide array of the practicing members who worship Jah all different ways and abide by different practices. These practices include a variety in diet appearances and etc.

__//**Culture**//__  One of the most popular practices of Rastafarianism is the habitual smoking of marijuana. Though it’s looked down upon in western society because marijuana is deemed a drug by the government it is regarded as a spiritual herb in the practices of Rastafarianism’s it is used to get one closer to Jah. These views and traditions of the Rastafarian people are what drive them and to be rejected by civilized society because of their views is what modern society has done. Due to the research done by Middleton we see how active this religion can be within a culture. So why is it almost dead in other cultures? The author of “Perceived Religious Discrimination” would argue that despite where you are even if the religion is welcomed you could still be discriminated against and this is fault in society that won’t be change by location. . It would seem that western influence is actively changing the way this culture is seen even in areas outside of it. Until this culture, my culture can be understood and represented I way that respects its meaningful and deep history it will continue to be misunderstood rejected and eventually just like so many cultures decease.

Work Cited: Middleton, Darren J. N. "As It Is in Zion: Seeking the Rastafari in Ghana, West Africa." //Black Theology: An International Journal//, vol. 4, no. 2, July 2006, p. 151. EBSCO//host//, doi:10.1558/blth.2006.4.2.151.

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