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Rastafarianism in Bullet Tree Falls, Belize: Exploring the Effects of International Trends

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  • Andrew Gordon

    (Department of Anthropology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA)

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In 1991, a group of Rastafarians in the village of Bullet Tree Falls, Belize, started out adhering to the principles of piety and protest that characterized the Rastafarians when began in Jamaica in the 1930s. After being Rastafarian for several years, village adherents gravitated to new values and lifestyles, not the protest and piety that kicked off the movement in Jamaica and Belize. The beginnings resembled a revitalization movement, an attempt at making a more satisfying culture. Yet over time, individual Rastafarians in Bullet Tree Falls sought material advantages, and the Rastafarians were flattered by the attention of tourists and others. Changes in the Rastafarians’ orientation and practices are examined as a consequence of global trends and local cultural influences. The article examines how international and local trends dissolved a revitalization movement.

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  • Andrew Gordon, 2020. "Rastafarianism in Bullet Tree Falls, Belize: Exploring the Effects of International Trends," Societies, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:10:y:2020:i:1:p:24-:d:326146
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