| NOUN | group | Rastas, Rastafari | (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s |
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| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Synonym | Rastafari | |
| Category | Jamaica | A country on the island of Jamaica |
| Members | Rastafarian, Rasta | follower of Rastafarianism |
| Broader | cult | Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices |
| youth subculture | A minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members | |
| Spanish | Rastafari | |
| Catalan | Rastafari | |
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