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sooo....i have been honoured to meet several rastas while i have been here. but i am still confused as to whether it is an honour or not.

For those of you who are not aware, rasta is a religion. A rastafarian is one who practices the rasta religion. And they can sometimes be semi-ridiculous.

My most awkward moment would probably be when i was asked what i think of The Virgins?

First i was confused. Virgins? Do you mean virgins in general? Why was he talking to me about people who don´t know where babies come from? THE virgins? I didnt really get it. His response was "I think they are just good people." I can dig that...but i am sure some virgins are not good people. I think? Still confused. I think this all got cleared up when he then asked, "and what about Jesus."

OHhhhh......The Virgins. Biblical virgins. okay...now i felt i was in a better position to respond to what initially seemed like a very bizarre topic (virgins??). Unfortunately my response was, "i dont really think about virgins." This surprised him. WHat surprised me was that there was more than one virgin in the bible. (Well..."virgin"....how did mary have a baby without sex. i just dont believe it. i am not calling her a lier....but i am insinuating that she might be.)

This brings me back to the days when i went to an all-girls non-denominational private school..which was actually christian: Every year at christmas time there was a carol service. Everyone went to the church and sang hymns and read from the bible and held candels. During this festive event i would always fall asleep.

Every year, about 20 grade 12s would read an excerpt from the bible. Being a school leader i was expected to read as well. I did not want to. When one of the teachers asked me why I wasnt reading i didnt really know how to say what i wanted to say. What i really wanted to say was:

Do you actually want me to stand in front of 2000 people and read from the bible. 2000 people will be looking at me and taking me seriously? i wont be taking myself seriously? My family is muslim...to us, a church is a tourist attraction. you go to a place with lots of history and you check out a church. you go to another country and you check out the church. you take pictures of a church. we forget that it is actually a place of worship. oops....back to rastas.

Anywhoo...after i spoke with that rasta i met another.

Something he told me that resonates in my mind was, "There is nothing wrong with cannabis." Of course there is nothing wrong with cannabis, the onljavascript:void(0)
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This rasta also said "my father is a carpenter so i have carpentry in my blood. i made everything in this house, even the house." i was impressed, but i couldn´t help but chuckle because i was sitting at his dinner table. Sonja, who was sitting beside me was also sitting at the dinner table but eating her dinner about 5 cm above me. I feel that there might have been something wrong with the cannabis he was smoking when he built the legs on that table.

That being said, i feel like a lot of rastas are great people and we share a lot of ideas. And to some rastas i just wanna say, "so you´ve got dreads...get over it!"