Rastafarians celebrate the birthday of their hero

This weekend Rastafarians across the country will be celebrating the one hundred and eighth birthday of their emperor, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie. The event is being organized by the Twelve Tribe of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Israel in Belize. According to Fahima Barnett there will be entertainment such as drumming, music, poetry and performances by a number of well-known artists.

Fahima Barnett

“Very important day. His Imperial Majesty would have been a hundred and eight, he is a hundred and eight because we really don’t know what happened to his body. The last report was in August of 1975, he entered his chambers where he use to go and meditate and pray and what not and he never came out. Instead there was a cub lion that’s why the connection to the lion and the Rasta people. But a lot of people just grow the dreadlocks they don’t really know what it represents because I don’t call it dreadlocks, I call it locks because it is a crown which was given to the chosen one of Israel.”

“We urge people to come out because there will be a lot of artists out there. Francine will be on the violin, Grand Master will be there, a young brother that calls himself Ras Vision will be there, Sherman Pou from Belmopan, Babylon will be there, Brother David has promised to come in, Albert Gill will be coming in from Placencia, he has got a song “No More War’ that I tell him will save the world and a lot of different artists.”

The bashment gets underway at the Memorial Park from 10:00 in the morning till 10:00 in the night this Sunday.