Vampire
Someone who declares himself Rastafarian but don't care about the rules of the Rastafari.
Patois: Mi nuh like dem vampaya.
English: I don't like the ones who don't care about Rastafari rules.
Patois: Bun dung all a di vampaya.
English: Burn all of the people who breaches Rastafari rules.
Babylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
One of the key elements of the Rastafari language is the use of what is called "Iyaric," a form of Jamaican Patois that is considered to be the "holy language" of Rastafarians. Iyaric, also known as Dread Talk, is the Rastafari language created in defiance of English as an imposed colonial language that facilitated the loss of African languages among enslaved Afro-Caribbeans.
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