Paracultural Calender for April 21

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

On 22.04.2015 05:07, Mark Thibodeau wrote:

>
> On this day in *1966*, Ethiopian Emperor *Haile Selassie* visits 
> Jamaica, an event now celebrated as "Grounation Day". Jamaica's Rasta 
> believers considered Selassie - traditionally seen as a descendant of 
> the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon - to be the prophesied *Second 
> Coming of Christ*... the Messiah. They still do. But during his first 
> visit to Jamaica, over a hundred thousand Rasta descended on the 
> airport, smoking "spliffs" and "chalices", creating both a cloud of 
> marijuana smoke and a human crush so dense that Selassie refused to 
> de-plane. Eventually Rasta representatives climbed aboard to meet with 
> Selassie, then emerged and instructed the crowds to be respectful and 
> move back, which they did. The rest of his visit went smoothly.
>
> *****
>


Here on Radio KCIF we now have Black Uhuru with "I love King Selassie" ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftSexRjUjw


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