Rastafarianism is a religious movement that combines the cultural rituals of Jamaican popular Christianity with the Pan-Africanist movement led by Marcus Garvey. The religion is influenced by the beliefs of the Nazarene vow. This vow details the importance of the Rastafari movement and Samson's influence on the Rasta people. In the early 20th century, Marcus Garvey, “the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA),” prophesied the coronation of a black king (Olmos 183). Then, a few years later, his prophecy was considered fulfilled when Haile Selassie was named emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafari was founded on November 2, 1930 with the coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen, Haile Selassie or Emperor of Ethiopia. Since its inception, the Rastafarian religion has become more than a movement of major cultural and political force in Jamaica. But instead she took the path of a form of resistance that challenged “neo-colonist society's attempt to keep whites at the top and blacks at the bottom of the socio-economic structure” (King-Jensen 17). The Rastafarian movement has adapted certain elements of the Nazarene vow within the framework of the religion. The vow implies that individuals must abstain from wine, vinegars, grapes, and intoxicating drinks. They should stop cutting their hair to allow the strands to grow in their hair. The practices followed by the Rasta are important in their resistance to societal norms. Rasta appearances and beliefs set them apart from what society dictates they should be. Between them, hair culture began in 1934 with the appearance of members sporting beards and being called bearded men. But soon after, it became normal... middle of paper ... Which made him feel better for only a short time, then he started feeling sick again. It was then that he sought treatment abroad, but by that time the cancer had spread and there was no way to help the musical idol who had given a name to Rastafarians around the world. This signified a time when religion was not enough to maintain the health of an individual very committed to religion and allowed followers of that religion to realize that they would also leave. Work cited Olmos, Margarite Fernandez and Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth. Caribbean Creole Religions: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo. New York: New York University Press, 2011. Print. Stephen King and Richard J. Jensen. “Bob Marley’s “redemption song”: the rhetoric of reggae and Rastafari. » The Journal of Popular Culture 1995: 17-36. Print.