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== Rastafarian music ==
=== Origin ===
[[Rastafari]] appeared in Jamaica in the 1930s as an energetic and spirited movement. It is classed as a religion, by non-rastafarians, due to the principles the movement is built upon. Nevertheless, some Rastafarians viewed their movement as a way of life for their supporters. The Rastafarian way of life represents the identity recreation of being African. As the movement spread to South Africa and Jamaica, this caused confusion about what Rastafarians believed due to the combination of other ideologies and religions being incorporated into the religion. However, Christianity being the structure for the religion, interpreted parts of the Bible differently

Rastafarian music is persistently tied to [[reggae]] music, an earlier form of Jamaican music. As reggae continues to be spread throughout the world, creators are beginning to change the original reggae sound and Rastafarian ideology incorporated.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rommen |first=Timothy |date=2006 |title=Protestant Vibrations? Reggae, Rastafari, and Conscious Evangelicals |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3877561 |journal=Popular Music |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=235–263 |doi=10.1017/S026114300600081X |jstor=3877561 |s2cid=163051600 |issn=0261-1430 |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=2022-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510171223/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3877561 |url-status=live }}</ref> Various reggae songs representing Rastafarian culture through lyrics, themes, and symbolism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Savishinsky |first=Neil J. |title=Transnational Popular Culture and the Global Spread of the Jamaican Rastafarian Movement |date=1994 |journal=NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids |volume=68 |issue=3/4 |pages=259–281 |doi=10.1163/13822373-90002653 |jstor=41849614 |s2cid=130570819 |issn=1382-2373|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Rastafarian Drumming ===
Earlier origins of Rastafarian music connected to the high usage of drums. The play of drums represents a form of communication between Rastafarian gods and their supporters. Drumming would commonly take place during a reasoning session, the gathering of Rastafarians to chant, pray, and sing in the home of a Rasta or a community center. [[Count Ossie]], a Rastafarian drum player revealed various rhythmic patterns after noticing the escalated sensation of drumming during prayer.<ref name=":8"/> Incorporation of the drums in spiritual sessions stems from the [[Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa|African drumming]] and Africans and Rastafarians seek for cultural identity. Majority of slaves not having religious belief, coincidentally Rastafarians having no music led to the integration of the groups. This increased the spread of the Rastafarian religion as slaves gained a new religion, and Rastafarians enjoyed Buru music, [[Afro-Jamaicans|Afro-Jamaican]] rhythm music.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Backus |first=Leroy M. |date=1980 |title=An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Sources on Jamaican Music |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1214520 |journal=The Black Perspective in Music |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=35–53 |doi=10.2307/1214520 |jstor=1214520 |issn=0090-7790 |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=2022-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509173953/https://www.jstor.org/stable/1214520 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Expansion ===
The global spread of the Rastafarian movement has been significantly facilitated by reggae music, attracting a diverse following worldwide. This has been especially resonant among communities experiencing social and economic hardships, providing them with a source of identity, pride, and resistance against perceived oppressive systems.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Savishinsky |first=Neil J. |date=1994 |title=Rastafari in the Promised Land: The Spread of a Jamaican Socioreligious Movement among the Youth of West Africa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/524901 |journal=African Studies Review |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=19–50 |doi=10.2307/524901 |jstor=524901 |s2cid=56289259 |issn=0002-0206 |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=2023-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713005808/https://www.jstor.org/stable/524901 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Rastafarian [[Bob Marley]] was a significant reason for the spread of Rastafarian music around the world. Through religious messages portrayed in his lyrics, the religion was beginning to become more popular. Marley expressing his opinions on political matters, justice, and peace, increased awareness of the unique beliefs of Rastafari. North Americans were able to identify distinctive features of Rastafarians such as [[dreadlocks]], manner of speaking, and the consumption of [[marijuana]]. Marley remains an essential figure within Rastafarian music, and [[Nyabinghi rhythm|Nyabinghi]] drums continue to be played at his museum.<ref>{{Citation |title=Nyabinghi Drumming and on Bob Marley Day 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_z2CLhDJBo |language=en |access-date=2022-05-11 |archive-date=2022-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511170315/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_z2CLhDJBo |url-status=live }}</ref>{{main|Rastafarian music}}