The Rasta Quest
The Rasta movement is upon you, coloring your voices with red, green, and gold! To prepare, knowledge of the Rastafarianism lifestyle is necessary; knowledge that will be gained through the use of this particular webquest. Through these means, you will learn about various aspects of importance to the Rastafarian culture, such as music, art, religious beliefs, daily life, and symbolic interpretation.
Red, Green, and Gold
"Red Gold and Green
will colour the land
For the word of the Rastaman is at hand
Red runs the blood of a people who died at the wish of man living in vain
Red runs the blood of a people on trial
In a court of inequity, sentenced to pain
When a man knows his loss he has only to gain.
Let the Red Gold and Green shine through the tears and
the rains
Green is the feilds of Afrika land built by the power of black working hands
turning and tilling all day the black earth.
Blackhearts sing a song of a day that would come
When the work that was sown could be reaped as their own.
Gold is the wealth of a land looted and raped by a people who live only to
take.
A time is at hand when lightning shall sound and thunder will break
All those with fear shall cower and quake at the hands
of a people
Resuming their place in a nation.
Repatriated, standing solid and bold
In the name of reclaiming the Red, Gold and Green.
When a man knows his worth he has only to gain
For what was once his shall be his again."
-Faybiene Miranda (Faristzaddi, 2nd Itation)
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