Rasta
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Rasta may refer to:
- The Rastafari movementRastafari movementThe Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...
or, particularly, a follower of that movement - Rasta, a Persian/Farsi name and word meaning "truth"http://www.namepedia.org/en/firstname/Rasta/
- Lester SpeightLester SpeightLester Rasta Speight is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a professional wrestler and then actor...
, Lester "Rasta" Speight, African American football player, wrestler and actor that appeared in My Wife and Kids - Rasta (Congo)Rasta (Congo)The Rastas are a heavily armed group in eastern Congo that engage in rape and other violent crimes. The following is from the New York Times:...
, warlords from the Second Congo War - Rasta (Mandeanism) a white religious garment of the Mandean sect
- Baby Rasta & Gringo, a Puerto Rican Reggaeton Duo