Rastafarians

Last modified: 2007-08-25 by rob raeside
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 I found however what may be typical Rastafarian and/or reggae musician [flag] usage of the Ethiopian tricolor with golden lion (patched on clothes): http://www.burningspear.net/photos/reg/index.php?mode=image&selected=253.jpg and the Ethiopian tricolor with silver lion (flag, stage background): http://www.burningspear.net/photos/reg/index.php?mode=image&selected=625.jpg.

by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2007

Also seen is an Ethiopian vertical tricolor with a golden lion (flag, stage background): http://www.burningspear.net/photos/reg/index.php?mode=image&selected=425.jpg. Most of the lion is solid black, except for the head, crown and vexilloid.

by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2007

The flag is also seen as a plain tricolor (green up) patched on clothes and as a flag in the crowd waving.

I suppose that these two variants of the Rasta/Panafrican flags are meaningless variants of each other. Although most national flags inspired in these, as well as the Ethiopian flag itself, favour red in the upper (or hoist) side, its used in Rasta context may have the same unofficial and "laid back" approach also found in gay pride rainbow flag use which allows for non-strict vertical orientation.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 June 2007

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