Behold the beauty of this extraordinary garment, huh!
This is the Lion of Judah Rasta Hat for $21.95 from the House of Nubian in New York City.
There are stories within stories for this one.
The first story is how does it work. The hat gets its fullness from packing all your dreadlocks ... of which I have zero ... but ... I have an answer: a parrot.
See, a parrot will go to sleep because it's dark under me hat. It's knit so he will have no trouble breathing.
(Ed: there's one tiny problem: he has claws like ten-penny nails!)
Well, there may be a few matters of adjustment, I do see that.
Here's another one as the man who founded the House of Nubian did it with $130 in his pocket and he worked his way up as he got it together to open a little storefront and he worked and worked. He had been a member of the Negro Baseball League and he supported that as much as he could in a serious way. He is one major groove of a guy and this is just one of the stories.
The colors on the hat represent the colors of the Ethiopian flag and sure that's part of Rasta because Emperor Haile Selassie was the last monarch in the country. He is a huge part of the movement / religion. (WIKI: Ethiopia)
The part I did not understand was the Lion of Judah and researching that was fascinating, it even includes a reference to the Queen of Sheba and tells of how Haile Selassie is credibly the 225th direct descendant of King Solomon. (WIKI: Lion of Judah)
Yes, the Lion of Judah is also an allusion to Jesus but there is more to the story and there's no apparent disrespect to Jesus Christ in it.
Note: sorry about the now-corrected typo on allusion. That was stupid.
Plus, there's a good chance the Lion of Judah is Aslan. Well.
Taking a look at Mozambique was also interesting because my friend is seriously Rasta and he lives there. (WIKI: Mozambique)
One fast impression I got is Mozambique is building quickly and is making progress in economic fairness and equality in general. It has huge untapped natural gas reserves so they could really be looking good so long as there is even-handed husbandry of the resources.
Another immediate question was what differences were there between the African concept of slavery as was practiced going back to many centuries and the slavery practiced in America after African people were sold as slaves here. You will likely see what elicited that question in the discussion regarding Mozambique's past back around the 11th or 12th Centuries.
In asking the question, one must be prepared for the answer there was no difference in that concept of slavery and the one in America. It's easily conceivable black people are just as much abominations to each other when they have total power over each other as white people have been shown to be. In fact, it would be surprising if they were not.
Maybe you don't read any of the reference articles but I promise this is more than Geography 101. I was reading simply to answer a question about the Lion of Judah but I was drawn into learning more in part because of the thinking there are so many countries in Africa and I know so little of any of them. We hear plenty about ones which have descended into blazing hellholes but not so much on others which are making their ways just fine with Ethiopia and Mozambique are well-placed among them.
This is the Lion of Judah Rasta Hat for $21.95 from the House of Nubian in New York City.
There are stories within stories for this one.
The first story is how does it work. The hat gets its fullness from packing all your dreadlocks ... of which I have zero ... but ... I have an answer: a parrot.
See, a parrot will go to sleep because it's dark under me hat. It's knit so he will have no trouble breathing.
(Ed: there's one tiny problem: he has claws like ten-penny nails!)
Well, there may be a few matters of adjustment, I do see that.
Here's another one as the man who founded the House of Nubian did it with $130 in his pocket and he worked his way up as he got it together to open a little storefront and he worked and worked. He had been a member of the Negro Baseball League and he supported that as much as he could in a serious way. He is one major groove of a guy and this is just one of the stories.
The colors on the hat represent the colors of the Ethiopian flag and sure that's part of Rasta because Emperor Haile Selassie was the last monarch in the country. He is a huge part of the movement / religion. (WIKI: Ethiopia)
The part I did not understand was the Lion of Judah and researching that was fascinating, it even includes a reference to the Queen of Sheba and tells of how Haile Selassie is credibly the 225th direct descendant of King Solomon. (WIKI: Lion of Judah)
Yes, the Lion of Judah is also an allusion to Jesus but there is more to the story and there's no apparent disrespect to Jesus Christ in it.
Note: sorry about the now-corrected typo on allusion. That was stupid.
Plus, there's a good chance the Lion of Judah is Aslan. Well.
Taking a look at Mozambique was also interesting because my friend is seriously Rasta and he lives there. (WIKI: Mozambique)
One fast impression I got is Mozambique is building quickly and is making progress in economic fairness and equality in general. It has huge untapped natural gas reserves so they could really be looking good so long as there is even-handed husbandry of the resources.
Another immediate question was what differences were there between the African concept of slavery as was practiced going back to many centuries and the slavery practiced in America after African people were sold as slaves here. You will likely see what elicited that question in the discussion regarding Mozambique's past back around the 11th or 12th Centuries.
In asking the question, one must be prepared for the answer there was no difference in that concept of slavery and the one in America. It's easily conceivable black people are just as much abominations to each other when they have total power over each other as white people have been shown to be. In fact, it would be surprising if they were not.
Maybe you don't read any of the reference articles but I promise this is more than Geography 101. I was reading simply to answer a question about the Lion of Judah but I was drawn into learning more in part because of the thinking there are so many countries in Africa and I know so little of any of them. We hear plenty about ones which have descended into blazing hellholes but not so much on others which are making their ways just fine with Ethiopia and Mozambique are well-placed among them.
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