Published second book on the history of Rastafari in Chile

It was in the context of the commemorations of 51 anniversary of the visit of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I to Jamaica, last 21 of April, the book was presented in Concepción "Chanting down Babylon in 4 of the earth: Rastafarian culture and development in Chile”, an investigation by the sociologist Nicolas Pozo and has on the development of the Rastafari culture in the country and also its global history, rescuing and describing its main cultural characteristics, beliefs, practices and rituals.

In conversation with Reggae Chalice, Nicolas Pozo, also Rastafari, He noted that research was his thesis which was titled as a sociologist. At short 25 years, Nicolas presents the second book in treating the history of Rastafari in Chile and fifth in Spanish, certainly a milestone in the history of Chilean movement and essential record for the education of future generations.

"Conduct research on Rastafari in Chile gave a confluence of three things: first faith, culture and tradition from which I live, which it is Rastafari, that besides giving the answers inside me and deliver peace and sobreentendimiento necessary for day to day, He calls me every day to move a little closer to home, decolonizing every aspect of life ", he explained.

Secondly, continuous, "Because in the social sciences has been doing this for some time decolonizing effort, from turning decolonial, where it is committed to visualize what has been rendered invisible by Babylon / West and to decolonize the social sciences, the academy and the university as a tool for the liberation of peoples ".

Throughout the 390 pages containing the book, the author makes a journey that begins with a prologue written by Don Ras, Nyahbinghi first priest of the Order in Chile and author of the book only once that matter was.

Continues explains Pozo- with a contextualization about how colonialism, although it ended in most of the world as a system of domination, It remains in the mind of the collective. The third chapter reviews the history of the Rastafari movement. Continues with the founding and development of the first "home" Rastafari, livity the foundation of the Rastas: the use of dreadlocks, the herb as a sacrament, the drum nyahbinghi, the Ital food, etc.

It shows the movement in the 50's and 60's with the foundation of the other two houses, the EABIC or house with Prince Emmanuel Bobo Shanti, and the Twelve Tribes of Israel Gad Prophet. In this chapter we refer to the "Report on the Rastafari Movement in Kingston, 1960"And what was the first mission" Back to Africa "where they traveled 3 dreadlocks were the first to meet Haile Selassie in 1961.

Among other aspects and details describing and relates this research, He speaks of about 25 years since Rastafari in Chile, consolidating in the region, in the Southern Cone, Tent with an active Nyahbinghi, being the only world that minister in Spanish, and two houses established officially, Nyahbinghi and Bobo Shanti, Villa located in Pirque and German respectively.

"Publishing this book has been a lovely job done 100 percent dreadlocks hands full of love and faith, where InI conducting the investigation and the main text; Editorial Negráfica brother Philip made the editorial work and hand crafted; Sista Nara did the design and art front and back; Don Ras Judah wrote the foreword. further, the 10% of the proceeds going to help the Jamaica Rastafari elders ", said Nicholas.

Consulted the importance of this work has in the history of the Rastafari movement in Chile, Nicholas said he was confident that this is "a tool to generate dialogue so we can move towards that respect, where decisions regarding the health-and is in eating habits, in the forms of birth and birth, on options for vaccines, for example-, the education of children at home -education and community-, and also in the use of cannabis, which has meant the prosecution of many brothers and sisters who make use of this power plant- to name a few, They are respected and not only that, but guaranteed by the State ".

"Chanting down Babylon in 4 of the earth: The Rastafarian culture and development in Chile”"It was presented against 50 assistants, at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Concepción. In the activity, The book was reviewed by Felipe, the Editorial Negráfica; rural sociologist Claudio Gonzalez Parra, Mapuche specialist topics and guiding teacher in the process of the thesis; Ras Don Judá, Chilean priest Rastafari, author of the book's foreword; and the author of the book, Nico also called Binghi.

"It was a beautiful moment of reunion with dreadlocks from different sides, and comrades (…) sealed edges day with the sound nyahbinghi do good”, recalls Nicolas.

The book is worth $8.000 and you can get it directly with the author via e rasta.nicopozo@gmail.com, shipments both within Concepción and other regions.