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As Patto put it  - Rasta knowledge  is natural food and natural living. - Common Sense (TM)

 2008 - Ali Watamena - proposes new Rasta knowledge pavillion.

As it grows each year The Reggaetown Festival at Tjapukai in Cairns offers an increasingly rch and diverse cultural exchange.

Apart from volunteering to help with the work, the best way to really see the Reggaetown Festival is to get there early allowing the full day to have a really good look round. 

The three stages includes a Murri stage.  There are also market stalls, food,  workshops, pavillions, children's activities, talks and information; merchandising like T.shirts and CDs; artwork; and shows in conjuction with the Tjapukai 

Ibina and Eliza Selton collated a Rasta Knowledge booklet.  And introduced the first natural foods stall, with fresh produce and organic fruits and nuts form Community Foods in Shield St Cairns.

The Maroons  Ital Food   Social Justice

Peace Movement     Non-violent Resistance   

The Dread Library University of Vermont offers loads of good information on many subjects and areas of study.

An example from Dread Library -  "Living in harmony with the environment and the laws of Nature is one of the central ideas of Rastafarianism. To live in accordance with the Earth is to live in accordance with Jah; it is incorporated into the morality that is Rastafarian consciousness. The Rasta's reverence for nature is influenced by the traditional African religions which are still practiced in Jamaica and which have also influenced Christianity on the island tremendously. Hinduism, too, has influenced many Rastafarian beliefs and practices. Through the Rastafarian's calculated rejection of Western cultural norms they have come to realize capitalism and the environmental destruction it has caused as Babylon, a place of destruction and greed. In order to escape this"Babylon system" a lifestyle has been employed that is focused on a correlation between man and nature. This lifestyle is an environmentally sound ideal that others around the World are only now beginning to strive for."  more-  by Erin David

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