Rastafari indigenous village..wat a hell

[Dyoll_73]

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Rasta is not a monolith, and using one stream of rastafarianism to make an overwhelming description of the whole is problematic when you are marketing the project as "authentically" rasta.

Still, nothing wrong with setting up a rasta commune, inviting visitors, charging them for the experience. It costs money to run the place. Now if it's a bad business model, it will fail, like any other business. Who own it, even if they are foreigners, is of little significance. There are quite a few Jamaicans with capital to start a project like this. Why didn't they?

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rastafari indigenous village



Welcome to the IION Station (Indigenous Initiating Circle of Nature) way of life, where ital food is mandatory and natural existence preferred.

One must walk through the spirit of the feminine energiser, Oshune, a name the IION Rastafarian community gave to the body of water at the entrance to their society near Montego River Gardens.

Before reaching the Rastafari Indigenous Village, a new attraction in Montego Bay, St James, visitors are expected to take in the essence of nature with the short river crossing.

Guests can explore Rastafari vitality through song, food, herbs and spices and crafts.

&quot;This village is a working space where we practice our arts and crafts,&quot; said Edi Wray, the village's director and tour guide.

carefree

<span style="font-weight: bold">Clothed in burlap and smelling of kush, an African incense oil, people of the village walk around in a seemingly carefree manner, politely welcoming visitors with a larger-than-life smile and a willingness to teach.</span>

Wray, or First Man as he is often referred, said some of the fundamental principles of the village are to promote healthy living and educate others about the importance of coexisting with various species. Further, the area is meant to create an outlet for Rastafarians to freely express themselves.

IION Knaka, spiritual leader of the village, is happy to receive visitors at the town gates.

&quot;We wish to relate to the outside world,&quot; Knaka said. &quot;We want people to learn about our way of living.&quot;

The indigenous village comprises farmers, motivational speakers, musicians, and artisans. Through spiritual leaders and specialists, the Rastafarian belief, which gained prominence from African emperor, Haile Selassie, is shared with guests from all over the world.

According to Wray, the village has the largest collection of herbs in Jamaica. With penny royal for relief of stomach cramps and Jamaican peppermint for digestion located on the grounds, each herb is designated for a healthier lifestyle and natural healing.


Wray is grateful for the buzz surrounding <span style="font-weight: bold">the authentic village</span> and is most pleased by visitor responses regarding the village idea and their overwhelming acceptance of Jamaican culture.

&quot;We are very proud of the appreciation from visitors,&quot; Wray said. &quot;While the village stands on the belief of Rastafarianism, everything here is all things Jamaican and we are proud to promote the culture of the island.&quot;

Wray said the village is testament to others that someone with virtually nothing can <span style="font-weight: bold">start a business</span> . He referred to the fact that before the village was created, many persons were selling incense on the streets.

He credits the Rastafari Indigenous Village for allowing him to be who he is as an individual, as well as maintain a balance of integrating business operations in a natural, communal way. He views the open, organic setting of the village as an allowance to freely express himself, and he encourages visitors to do the same.

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evan

very entertainingly done
but the thing is; rasta has been mocked/used/chanelled/exploited for decades...
jamaica gov't &amp;/or persons in jamaica have always used dreadlocks &amp; or rasta image for commercial benefit whenever expedient..one love come to jamaica, etc;
the 'dreadlocks/rasta' people in this commercial are just ones hired to play a part...i can't get too worked up over it as there are many other areas of j-a selling our souls for cash; as far as i can see this is not a real village but a movie set..
it's a serious problem &amp; yes a total mockery- but a more serious problem is the fact that some jamaicans are committing heinous crimes against their island-mates, like rape, terrorism &amp; senseless murder

[Fyah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rasta is not a monolith, and using one stream of rastafarianism to make an overwhelming description of the whole is problematic when you are marketing the project as &quot;authentically&quot; rasta.

Still, nothing wrong with setting up a rasta commune, inviting visitors, charging them for the experience. It costs money to run the place. Now if it's a bad business model, it will fail, like any other business. Who own it, even if they are foreigners, is of little significance. <span style="font-weight: bold">There are quite a few Jamaicans with capital to start a project like this. Why didn't they? </span> </div></div>

They might have thought that everything is not for sale and some things ought to be left sacred? The thought that such a project could actually be organized exploitation might have crossed their minds, hence they decided against it?

I am only basing my assumption on why my father (who'd be considered old-fashioned by today's standards) would not even consider such a &quot;community&quot;.

[Fyah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> it's a serious problem &amp; yes a total mockery- but a more serious problem is the fact that some jamaicans are committing heinous crimes against their island-mates, like rape, terrorism &amp; senseless murder </div></div>

Just another scene in the same <span style="font-weight: bold">Movie Jamaica</span> where too many are willing to &quot;sell their souls for cash&quot;. One must wonder which is more serious. Still a great loss.

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">we r juss one grin an jig away from being a complete minstrel of an island...fi real...

look wat dem a try call seh a Rasta ...walk rung eena burlap so grin an dance on di hour.... </div></div>



Yuh notice it? Ah tel yuh sooner or later <span style="font-weight: bold">we will become foreigners in our own country..</span>

but as Annancy huddah seh <span style="font-weight: bold">A GOOD</span>....

Dass whapppin when yuh too accommodating and frenny frenny...*sigh agen** dem gwine tek ovah yuh 'ouse right fram handah yuh, an yuh gwine bi houtside looking een...mi naaah put mi moute a grung an talk...bout authentic !!

Ooonoh noh si mi nevah mek noh heffort fi even let den aawn tuh di lingo....<span style="font-weight: bold">and di smaddie fram ovah soh whey a PM mi...gwaan bout yuh bizniz...mi nat dat friendly..</span>
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mi wonda if a di said place weh mi get one from....chow mein?

[Dyoll_73]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SPOTS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They might have thought that everything is not for sale and some things ought to be left sacred? The thought that such a project could actually be organized exploitation might have crossed their minds, hence they decided against it?
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I seriously doubt that. I hate to disappoint you, but financiers in Jamaica are generally not that high-minded. They probably thought it wouldn't be profitable in the long term.

I don't know who the owners, managers and employees of this venture are, but there is nothing inherently unethical about establishing such a commune as a business. It's worth remembering that while <span style="font-weight: bold">some</span> foreigners may conflate rastafarianism with Jamaican culture, the latter is much bigger and encompassing than the former.

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I seriously doubt that. I hate to disappoint you, but financiers in Jamaica are generally not that high-minded. They probably thought it wouldn't be profitable in the long term.</div></div> Exactly because there is one or two attraction in a similar vein with Jamaican Investors.
In fact there has been for many years a kind of attraction to the Nyah Bingi settlement at nine miles near Bull Bay and other similar camps.

[Dr.Dudd]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SPOTS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They might have thought that everything is not for sale and some things ought to be left sacred? The thought that such a project could actually be organized exploitation might have crossed their minds, hence they decided against it?
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I seriously doubt that. I hate to disappoint you, but financiers in Jamaica are generally not that high-minded. They probably thought it wouldn't be profitable in the long term.

I don't know who the owners, managers and employees of this venture are, but there is nothing inherently unet<span style="font-size: 11pt">hical about establishing such a commune as a business. It's worth remembering that while <span style="font-weight: bold">some</span> foreigners may conflate rastafarianism with Jamaican culture, the latter is much bigger and encompassing than the former. </div></div> I will ventuire that it will prove to be the same group that some months ago posted on here enquiring how they could visit and stay at the bOBO dread camp in St Andrew. The same group that later through their PR group, got the Gleaner to cover their stay there, later. I will wager that thi sis th eculmination of the ground work they did. they simply use paid operatives as they are doing now. i wil wager that any Jamaican involved are not any more than fronts. they may be ther to share in the losses,but will never see the profits. </span>

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I will ventuire that it will prove to be the same group that some months ago posted on here enquiring how they could visit and stay at the bOBO dread camp in St Andrew. The same group that later through their PR group, got the Gleaner to cover their stay there, later. I will wager that thi sis th eculmination of the ground work they did. they simply use paid operatives as they are doing now. i wil wager that any Jamaican involved are not any more than fronts. they may be ther to share in the losses,but will never see the profits. [/size] </div></div>

LOL it never ceases to amaze me how you can be so certain.... In any case who betrayed the long held secret location of the Nyah Binghi compound?

[Dr.Dudd]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I will ventuire that it will prove to be the same group that some months ago posted on here enquiring how they could visit and stay at the bOBO dread camp in St Andrew. The same group that later through their PR group, got the Gleaner to cover their stay there, later. I will wager that thi sis th eculmination of the ground work they did. they simply use paid operatives as they are doing now. i wil wager that any Jamaican involved are not any more than fronts. they may be ther to share in the losses,but will never see the profits. [/size] </div></div>

LOL it never ceases to amaze me how you can be so certain.... In any case who betrayed the long held secret location of the Nyah Binghi compound? </div></div> I didn't know it was a secret. i knew it since I was a kid and didn't know it was a secret.

[gourmet]

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The secret can also be found in the Lonely Planet guidebook, so it probably isn't that secret anymore...

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't know it was a secret. i knew it since I was a kid and didn't know it was a secret. </div></div>so why the uproar?

[Fyah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't know it was a secret. i knew it since I was a kid and didn't know it was a secret. </div></div>so why the uproar? </div></div>

I often wonder how often you visit Jamaica or even better, the last time, because you argue/debate from such a &quot;has-been&quot; platform.

Take a visit...I think then and only then will you be as knowledgable as you would like your readers to believe.

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SPOTS</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't know it was a secret. i knew it since I was a kid and didn't know it was a secret. </div></div>so why the uproar? </div></div>

I often wonder how often you visit Jamaica or even better, the last time, because you argue/debate from such a &quot;has-been&quot; platform.

Take a visit...I think then and only then will you be as knowledgable as you would like your readers to believe. </div></div>

LOL!

[Fyah]

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Check out our registration dates. How freaky is that? LOL!