Tanım
•a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land
Etimoloji
From Rastafarian + -ism, from Amharic ራስ ተፈሪ (ras täfäri, from ራስ (ras, “chief, head”) + ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”)), a title of Haile Selassie.