In Martinique, the Rastafari community celebrates the birth of the first emperor of Ethiopia, Hailié Sélassié, considered their messiah. Three rastas, Johnny, Ras Radical and Ras Dou explain the meaning and importance of this personality in Rasta spirituality.
In northern Martinique, members of the Rasta community gather to celebrate Ethiopian Christmas. Integrated into the system, they still remain attached to the values of Rastafarianism. Testimony of a rasta woman, Sister MAIS.
For a Jamaican, becoming a rasta means adopting a particular way of life: dressing in Ethiopian colors, wearing dreadlocks, eating vegetarian, using the rasta vocabulary, reading the Bible.
Rastas, after a recording session, share their philosophy of life, which includes the consumption of ganja and dreadlocks hairstyle. They evoke their spiritual guide, Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, nicknamed "Jah".
Rasta artist Ras Paul UNIVERSALIS evokes the roots of Rastafarianism, a movement born from the prophecy of Marcus Garvey and the revelation of the spiritual guide Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia. The journalist Lionel ROTCAGE explains the origin of the word "rastafari", coming from the name of Hailé Sélassié before his letter.
On the occasion of Bob Marley’s funeral, Gérard Holtz describes the culture and doctrines of the Jamaican Rastas: the return to Africa and the use of ganja for example. Meeting with a rasta on the hill of the native village of Marley, Nine Miles, where marijuana is grown.