I AM, 71, proudly wearing my sacred locks for 24 years. I envisioned my locks in a dream in 1968. My locks are power, light and health. My older brother was first in the 1970s. I AM proud and joyful to see/sea so many locks in my southern metro city. The colonizer descendants defined Dread as negative. I define Dreadlocks as Devine, Ancient and original. Asante 🌄🌍🌙
I started my locs 2 years ago and I’ve never felt beautiful until I decided to loc my hair. At 60 years old it’s like being awakened from a long nap. Refreshed and full of energy. I truly, believe there is power in locs. It’s who I was meant to be and I got a bonus My husband of 40 years can’t get enough of touching them.
I've had lox for 23 years, they are to my feet, i will never cut them, my lox make me feel empowered and connected with my ancestors... Its a way of life, more than just a hair style... culture and lineage
As a mixed black man, i started my dread journey a few months ago, it makes me feel more confident and I feel like I am myself. I've always shaved my head trying to hide my ethnicity and starting my dreadlocs have made me feel more like who I am, instead of hiding it, I am displaying it and I feel proud. They really do change you and it definitely is a spiritual journey for your mind and soul.
I just started my loc journey. I have worn my hair natural since 90's but never just let it grow. Always cut for simplicity. Now that I have made the commitment, I know that this is more than a trend and I treat it with the respect it is due. We all deserve to be free, whatever freedom and peace means to you (all viewers) I hope you have it. I do not want to worry about the negative connections some people view us by. I just want to be I
Appreciate your work and the depth of knowledge and presentation of the information. Knowing our interconnected histories is critical to our continued evolution. ❤🙏🏽 thank you
Beautiful mini documentary, very informative. In my opinion I believe Rasta grew their locks from the influences of the hindu sadhus, bible texts and maybe the mau mau. I stand to be corrected
Loved this video and locs! I just keep my hair curly or in braids because I don’t have a spiritual meaning for that hairstyle personal. My brother does (he dyes them every color haha) I agree that hair, especially locs holds power or energy ❤
Very nice video!! There are two other African cultures, that wears locs as a symbol of religion and resistance most people don't know about. The Baye Fall sect of Senegal, are Islamic and they have been wearing locs for over a century . Founded by Ahmadou Bamba, a resistance fighter to the French in Senegal.They could also be identified by the patchwork fabric they wear (Ankara etc). The other one is, the Bahitawi hermit monks of Ethiopia. Rastafarians would more closely associate locs tradition to them, than the Mau Mau of Kenya. I've been wearing locs since 1982.
Lovely presentation overall very good, however there is a point of correction I have to state as an elder. Yes dread locks were worn in many ancient culture regarding indigenous people including the Hindus. In regards to African Americans wearing dreadlocks, that was purely influenced by Rastas from Jamaican over time. Initial wirhout a doubt, Rastafarians from Jamaica were rejected and scorned by African Africans and understandably so but it was a shock to their culture in the USA. It was over time that Jamaicans who establish themselves in major cities like Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington D.C but especially NEW YORK CITY. It was there that African Americans has to live among dreadlocks wear people for decades. The rudeboy Jamaican image because trendy in NYC and was promoted in many music video in the late 80s and all through the 90s, Rapper like Das EFX, The Lost Boyz, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill and many more, it gain a COOL IMAGE EFFECT after a few generations, the Black Americans first accepted braids in men's hair which was revolutionary and looked down upon but that evolved in accepting dreadlocks, however make no mistake, when Jamaican Rastafarians first started to migrate to the USA they very looked at as the worse and refered to as the BANANA BOAT PEOPLE. Dreadlock was not a thing until Jamaican Rasta came to the USA and as it gain notoriety in music videos and movies it is what it is now... Bless up 🙏🏾
To my sheer surprise, my hair began to locs itself when I was going thru hard hard times at about 27 years of age...probably due to being so inspired by Rastafari since my teens it came as a blessing to me...like a crown I had been given in recognition of the tribulation I had been through for the sake of Truth. At some point, feeling I had dishonoured them, I cut them off, and felt terrible for ages... but the same thing happned again, and this time I have kept them to this day... (but strangely, I woke from a nightmare this morning in which, in a moment of "absent-mindedness" I had cut them off again, and bleached the spikey remains!!...I was traumatized in the dream, and felt it for hours after waking up! Still ot sure what to make of it, other than a warning not to do it...😬) ...they are definitely a strength, as part of my covenant with I Father....the only One who knows, and can judge I...Selah 🙏
I love I locs man. I do think of doing it fully in free form though, just to be closer to Jah. I nuh feel no way bout calling it Dread locs, caah babylon is (physically) Dread so in order to survive these times, Rasta had to be (spiritually) Dread and Terrible. I man yout dem need fi remember that.
I love my dreads! I've only had them for 3 years now. The term does not offend me but I was also raised by Rastafarins. Some of my non rasta relatives have dreads too. None of us are offended by this term.
The ancient Elamites and the Hebrews also wore locs, there are Assyrian carvings showing them captured as soldiers or as conquered people and some wearing locs; that’s like 3000 years ago. For me, locs is the only way I can wear my hair because my hair is too fragile to handle loose; it was never able to handle chemicals or manipulation, which means no extensions or braids, only wigs. I don’t care how people refer to them I only care that people allow others to wear it if they want to, and not expect everyone to view them spiritually. The Rastas said locs hold energy, I believe all hair hold energy but concentrated hair (locs) may hold more, maybe brushing helps to release some of it; I say this because I know of someone who didn’t want locs because of the energy.
Hebrews actually didn’t wear locs. I’m curious as to where you read or heard that. Assyrians were known for their thick, black curly hair. And yes I had a similar experience with getting extensions when I had loose natural hair. My scalp became inflamed due to the chemicals in the fake hair. Locs are the best hairstyle for me hands down.
@@JOSETTEBIANCA I did a search on ancient Israelites/hebrews then switched the search results to “images”. In some of the images are prisoners of war; the ones with the fringes at their hem are the Hebrews. In some images are entertainers.
@@chronicfatiguehermithiker3022those are not purposeful dreadlocks, if your hair is curly and not washed or combed for a long time it will matte up this is what happened to the assyrians,they did not purposefully let the hair matte and loc up
Awesome video!!! A job well done! My locs (13 years and have been cut twice) are down past my knees and I absolutely love them! I love to see men with locs. I hate the word dreads/dread locs and I do not care for the looks of Freeform locs. But, to each their own.
Very informative video..my lady back in the 70's turned me on to dreadlocks in NYC ..she was a big fan of Bob Marley. I hope if you do another video on locks, that you include a picture of a statue of the pharaoh Amenemhat 111 of the 12th dynasty BC as a priest; who is depicted with very large locks very similar to Bob Marely
I've had looks for 14 years now, I feel complete with them and inshaAllah I shall have them for the rest of my life. I don't find the term dreadlocks offensive instead I see it as a term of endearment.
From the beginning of time in the center of Pangea sacred and divine ,we wore dreads in Kemet ancient Egypt they were an example of power wandering Sadhus and shamans shivite followers of Sheba in ancient Hindu tradition to connect with the Divine for enlightenment as a dedication to our spiritual selves in the vedic scriptures dreadlocks signify power also deep spiritual healing(copyrighted) Those are my lyrics to a song that I'm about to release I turned to the Rastafari at 21 but now I identify myself with the first tribe of humankind going back to the beginning to the first mother of creation.
Locs were worn in ancient black Briton by the people in the western isles and Scotland. Africans were not brought to the English colony on the American shores, they were black British.
Hi, European cultures have thousands of years with dreadlocks. Polish and Eastern European witches wore different dreads depending on their magical specialty. Tieing wool dreadlocks into hair is a continuing tradition that goes back thousands of years before Christ.
Hi thanks for your comment. I was reading about the presence of dreadlocks within Europe during my research for this video. The Polish had what is called a Polish Plait. It was a mass of matted dirty hair which formed into something that looks like a beaver tail. It was believed that the plait took illness out of the body. This hairstyle is not dreadlocks. In terms of European folklore, there were fables about fairies who tied knots or tangles into people’s hair while they slept. (mentioned in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet). But this could be removed easily. In terms of witches, I didn’t find conclusive evidence that suggested they wore dreadlocks.
what does thie bible verse have to do with locs? was going to watch, like and subscribe but that quote from a white male written story book threw me off
Hi the Bible verses are at the beginning of all of my videos, so if you subscribed you’d see verses on every video. It doesn’t have anything to do with locs. I try my best to live by the words of the Bible. The Bible teaches us the truth about life, death, parenthood, marriage, prayer, forgiveness, faith - everything, and through it we learn about the Creator of the universe who designed everything we see and everything we don’t. The Israelites are an ancient, ethnic group who began as a partially nomadic people; they weren’t “white” by any means.
The movement in Kenya had no influence on Rasta.Better you say India had a influence.We did live alongside and even marry them.Its the Rasta movement why so many Americans wear locks.
I am white, possibly part Cherokee. Never was planning on getting locs. When I was working two full time jobs for about 2 years, my hair naturally started locking up. Working in kitchens, I always wore a beanie. And I never got around to buying a comb or brush. They didn't look that great, and due to my hair type/balding, I ended up cutting them off. Would that be considered cultural appropriation?
Is anyone here who could help me i need to know the truth! Raastafari did hindus help them to become like that their matted dreadlocks n all because they say bo. Marley was a hindu sadhu
Somehow the world 🌍 thinks that Bob Marley was the first rastas in Jamaica. There were rastas in Jamaica and the Caribbean not to mention Afrika before Bob was born. And our locks wearing comes from our ancestors from Afrika.
Andrea, don't bother about indians. They don't know that Buddha and shiva all came from Afrika. They have been brainwashed by bramins for 2000yrs. Their books were only written during gupta period. It was the Aethiopians that took the culture to india.😊
There's nothing wrong with wearing dread lock only if you are still young but police don't like it to bad I like looking at people wearing dreadlocks😂😊😊❤
The term Rastafarism is actually disrespectful to Rastafari due to the fact Rastafari cannot be colonized by colonialism and Rastafari is a lifestyle not a religion so it cannot and will never be categorize in a ism. Dread locs depending on which tribe you reason with can mean many different things, dread sometimes speak of the hardship forced on by oppressors. Great perspective though.
@@MegatoneMyCall You can clarify with any Rasta. Rastafarism is not a terminology used to speak of Rasta. 🤣 but this new generation of follow fashion Dreads would not know that over even overstand it.
One must understand that, Locks are from The Ancient Egyptian Kemetic System, whereby the Kings (pharaoh) and Temple Priest (Priest wore Locks until after their graduation from the Temple education and service from 4yrs to 40yrs) where required to wear them for spiritual reasons. Locks are Locks and Not Dread at all to those of Afrikan descent, the usage of the word "dread" to Locks is a insult to the Afrikan Ancestral ideology. 🎤
