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Show - , i,jjitiijr'' i 4l y' it'tfM ay ,. ...SfJrsrx; - F 5 gjjyntf imrcor? r act t 4 clCi'iinyr rugc ramg? yi yfwn Jb & ryr owy )ii"iiiiW w i'tiyiBPWfV' M Jf. py i1 m MrH on n W gTijft Q tjfr'MB) 5p1 np W U en W m v n W ww O c 10) Of a i wir - - w i')"yyi'liy'8J3Wr'i' v r''frfp'in1if)r' " ? "1 t" f ' . '. The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, March K 16, 197 Blacks Cull G Kfa&i i sMidi nt (Qj lEaxsay rowing CHRIST ANSTKI). U S. Virgin Islands (UII) The mystic Rastafarian movement of cult, marijuana-smokin- g blacks who want to drop (wit of what they regard as a corrutH white society, i spreading from Jamaica throughout the Caribbean It is now gaining converts In the U S. Virgin lalaiuls. The Rastas," as they are popularly called, are most easily distinguished by their hair, worn in Prices Effective March 16th Thru March 22nd Shan't Miss Smith's 5 dreadlocks, although genuine Rastafarians complain of many imitators who copy Hie hairdo as a fad but don't go along with the rest of the lifestyle Thousands Belong Since Rastafarianism is a way of life and not a political movement, a church or a social club, no formal membership rolls are kept- - Estimates as to the numbers of followers are a matter of guesswork. But it is generally believed there are thousands on Jamaica, perhaps thousands more in Tnnidad, hundreds on the smaller islands like Dominica and Antigua and between 400 and 500 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, almost all of them young. The cult derives its name from the name of the late Ethiopian Em- peror Haile U.S.D.A. Choice Beef Loin EASTER HUNT STEAK Saturday March 25th 8:30 a.m. For Kids Ages 1 kd b- iL Thru 8 Sitmp mad QwmpmeS U.S.D.A. Choice Beet Loin Porterhouse STEAK & lb U.S.D.A. Choice Boneless Top Sirloin Selassie, whose name before be ascended to the throne in 1930 was Ras Tafart, Ras" being the Ethiopian word for prince. The demise of the Ethiopian monarchy and its replacement by a STEAK Cudahy Chuckwagon pro-Marxi- st junta doesnt seem to have stilted the growth of Rastafarianism in the Caribbean. Rastafarians use the Christian Bible as a guide, but do not accept it as the complete word of HAMS l. Look for Moses "We the lost children of Africa, are looking for our Moses, said Trinidadian Horace Richardson, who is a Rasta preacher on the island of St Croix under the mystical name of I I Am, reminiscent of the Hebrew Yahweh name for God meaning, I am who I am. Rastafarian; are often vague as to their eventual political aims when they find their new black Moses. Sometimes they speak of establishing a new black nation in the Caribbean. f Medium Size Pork SPARERIBS Center' Cut Loin-Ri- b FORK CHOPS 78 lb. other At times they express a desire to return to Africa "The planters were paid at the abolition of slavery, a Rastafarian flyer circulating on St "We Croix proclaims have yet to be paid We are the sons and daughters of slaves. We have come to the end of this service. We desire return back to Africa Transportation to and finance of such a venture is a responsibility of Babylon U.S A. and her allies " Condemn Babylon Whatever their eventual goal, the Rastas are unanimous in their condemnation of the present white-rule- society, d which they call Babylon after the sinful tower of the bibical days. The present society .b. will collapse as surely as Babylon did. according to I I Am and for the same reasons an over Chiffon Regular MARGARINE of weight vice, hypocrisy and materialism " eC) Rastafarians have developed their own kind jf language, based on English but without any pronovrus except for the first prson "I," which they use constantly in a kind of monotonous litany 15V2 Oz. Vets BOS FOOD Seek Know ledge "I I Am seeking know ledge and understanding God to free brothers and sis tors held in captivity in the system what we are living today," is a typical of Rasta pronouncement coming from former Horace Richardson. Besides some biblical teachings and Haile Selassie 'a black idealism, the Rastas have elements incorporated I from the Jamaican runaway slave group, the Maroons, into their You 'i I |
