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Rastafarian

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Patois: Rasta live by di laws of Jah.

English: Rastafarians live by the laws of God.

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Babylon, Ball head, Blessed, Bobo dread

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Rasta

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Rastafarian

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Slang expression used to refer to a persons that wears dreadlocks and is a Rastafarian

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Patois: When did yuh become a rasta?

English: When did you become a Rastafarian?

posted by anonymous on September 8, 2013

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