Rasta Today

Posted by quincyjohn on July 10, 2007 · 3 Comments 

I’m sure everybody already noticed the slowly growing phenomenon of the Rasta underground culture in almost everywhere in the country. The reggae music, the colors of the Ethiopian flag, the dreadlocks and the apparels with printed images of Bob Marley.

In an article written by Von Fritz Evangelista, former ed-chief of the Riverside College (the official publication of the students of Riverside College, Bacolod City), a guy calls himself a Rasta with his dreadlocks and the ganja pendant in his necklace. He says he is discriminated being a Rasta sometimes since people think of him as weird, addict or lost. But he doesn’t care and proudly says they are cool. Those words triggers the conclusion that today’s generation define Rasta, as synonymous to being ‘cool’.

“But is Rastafarianism a bandwagon or more of a religion?” Von asks.

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3 Responses to “Rasta Today”
  1. cory says:
    July 11, 2007 at 2:38 am

    hey quincy! wtg for the topic. i agree with sa sinsabi mo na that most people think that being rasta is cool. alam mo naman sa Pinas iba ang pressure sa mga tao for u to belong sa “in crowd” and at times being rasta is like something na uso and yeah para nga syang bandwagon. una sa lahat most people don’t know what rasta means… when u smoke ganja, say “jah man!” have dreadlocks, listen to reggae, rasta ka na chong! pero personally i think if u don’t know what it’s about at nakikiuso ka lang, ur being disrespectful. marley died because he was a die hard rastafarian and he refused treatment. he died for the religion. wag sana ipagwalang bahala ng iba jan just so they have an excuse for smoking marijuana n looking cool.

  2. ghandi says:
    July 19, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    kanang mga rasta na palumaluma, sin sabay ra lamang sa uso ayaw nalang sige sukbut ng mga rasta accessories. kay tagtamay ra nijo ang mga rasta na mga tawo…. haud kamu sa amo na graveh namu ka rasta………….. naghimu mig among id para sa mga rasta diri sa surigao…………
    if u want to be part of my group… just e-mail me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is my e-mail:

    hi_po_hihilo@yahoo.com

    just contact me huh!!!!!!!!!!

  3. johnny says:
    March 16, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    Rasta culture in the PHL was primarily introduced thru the music of Bob Marley and unfortunately, most Pinoy Rastas are into it for the wrong reasons and IT IS NOT RASTAFARIANISM…. plain and simple, just call it RASTAFARI… I’m not a practising Rasta as I admit to not be able to let go of carnal pleasures such as alcohol, cheese and wine. However, I do hope that Pinoys begin to see that Rastas are Christians like most of us and not all people in dread-lcoks can be called a Rasta. Jah love!

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