DREADLOCKS STORY

Welcome to the official blog of the documentary DREADLOCKS STORY: The first film that explores the hidden spiritual links between Jamaican Rastas and Indian Sadhus. By Linda Ainouche.

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Hit a new world - one of Dreadlocks Story sadhus from India is on the front cover of this Social Sciences Journal recently issued in London. Find out the provocative and informative paper written by Linda on her work's journey @ https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/Brolly #womenfilmmakers #dreadlocks #dreads #newyork #peace #rastafari #rastas #sadhu #hinduism #india #jamaica #cannabis #caribbean #anthropology #socialsciences #history #story #london #women https://www.instagram.com/p/BnbYFDYHDE5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gjepup1isu2h

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August 17 celebrates the birth of many inspiring mankind. Marcus M. Garvey is one of them. Not because he is not the founding father of the Rastafari movement but rather for his teachings on mental emancipation from oppressions. He is the father leader of the Pan-Africanism movement and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League UNIA-ACL. One says that Leonard Howell, founding father of Rastafari, had mingled with Garvey in Harlem before both being expelled to Jamaica in the early 1930s. Peace unto all. #jamaica #emancipation #marcusgarvey #rastafari #rasta #india #hindu #sadhu #liberateyourself #cannabis #caribbean #worldhistory #documentary #womenfilmmakers #peace #dreads #dreadlocks #newyork #harlem #confidence https://www.instagram.com/p/BmlTl5pAJtI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6ht18gigwrfp

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Today it's Emperor Haile Selassie I Birthday, born in 1892, become a central figure of Rastafari when Leonard P. Howell, aka the First Rasta but also the latest most persecuted men in the history of Jamaica, introduced him and commanded the people to "Forward to the King of Abyssinia to learn the worth of womanhood and manhood". Any discussion of Rastafari that excludes Howell and the history of Jamaica are unreasonable and historically wrong. "No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable". Peace be unto You. #jamaica #rasta #rastafari #dreads #howell #dreadlocks #caribbean #history #culture #roots #selassie #india #sadhu #persecution #fight #anthropology #history #birthday #womendirectors #peace

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"No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable" is written on Leonard Percival Howell grave, alias The First Rasta who would have had 120 years today. As the father of the Rastafari movement, he mingled with Indians, hated the British Establishment, paid years in jail for his teaching and hid away in a room to die. There is nowadays any inhabited place on earth where a Rasta flag is not visible, and yet our dear Hero is still not recognized as such. The fight should be rethought in his honor, for his legacy, for making the world a better spot - and a lot of work can be done! Hook up with LHP Foundation running by his heirs. http://lphfoundation.org Respect. Give thanks! #rastafari #rasta #jamaica #india #caribbean #blackpeople #standupforyourrights #howell #hinduism #sadhu #cannabis #dreadlocks #dreads #vegan #ital #respect #givethanks #worldwide #history #culture #hero #onelove #irie #irreplaceable

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"No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable" is written on Leonard Percival Howell grave, alias The First Rasta who would have had 120 years today. As the father of the Rastafari movement, he mingled with Indians, hated the British Establishment, paid years in jail for his teaching and hid away in a room to die. There is nowadays any inhabited place on earth where a Rasta flag is not visible, and yet our dear Hero is still not recognized as such. The fight should be rethought in his honor, for his legacy, for making the world a better spot - and a lot of work can be done! Hook up with LHP Foundation running by his heirs. http://lphfoundation.org Respect. Give thanks! #rastafari #rasta #jamaica #india #caribbean #blackpeople #standupforyourrights #howell #hinduism #sadhu #cannabis #dreadlocks #dreads #vegan #ital #respect #givethanks #worldwide #history #culture #hero #onelove #irie #irreplaceable

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"No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable" is written on Leonard Percival Howell grave, alias The First Rasta who would have had 120 years today. As the father of the Rastafari movement, he mingled with Indians, hated the British Establishment, paid years in jail for his teaching and hid away in a room to die. There is nowadays any inhabited place on earth where a Rasta flag is not visible, and yet our dear Hero is still not recognized as such. The fight should be rethought in his honor, for his legacy, for making the world a better spot - and a lot of work can be done! Hook up with LHP Foundation running by his heirs. http://lphfoundation.org Respect. Give thanks! #rastafari #rasta #jamaica #india #caribbean #blackpeople #standupforyourrights #howell #hinduism #sadhu #cannabis #dreadlocks #dreads #vegan #ital #respect #givethanks #worldwide #history #culture #hero #onelove #irie #irreplaceable

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"No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable" is written on Leonard Percival Howell grave, alias The First Rasta who would have had 120 years today. As the father of the Rastafari movement, he mingled with Indians, hated the British Establishment, paid years in jail for his teaching and hid away in a room to die. There is nowadays any inhabited place on earth where a Rasta flag is not visible, and yet our dear Hero is still not recognized as such. The fight should be rethought in his honor, for his legacy, for making the world a better spot - and a lot of work can be done! Hook up with LHP Foundation running by his heirs. http://lphfoundation.org Respect. Give thanks! #rastafari #rasta #jamaica #india #caribbean #blackpeople #standupforyourrights #howell #hinduism #sadhu #cannabis #dreadlocks #dreads #vegan #ital #respect #givethanks #worldwide #history #culture #hero #onelove #irie #irreplaceable

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Today celebrates the first ship of 261 Indians who arrived in Jamaica under the forced and oppressive indentured labor system operated by British. With their values and customs, abilities and principles, Indians, in particular Hindus, have made plenty contributions to the island of Jamaica, as their fellows did in other places. The social acceptance of Indian Culture in Rastafari raises points and counterpoints. If socialization is the process by which society achieves cultural continuity and perpetuates itself, then it is counterproductive to exclude elements of Hinduism from the framework that is imparted to Rastafari posterity. The historical documentation is significant enough that it would have been a grave misgiving not to show this relationship in film. 173 years of contributions from East Indies to West Indies - Give thanks. #india #indian #hinduism #jamaica #caribbean #history # contributions #rasta #rastafari #culture #memory #cannabis #indianfood #indianspirit #religion #movement #documentary #women #production #givethanks #irie #love #dreads #dreadlocks #celebrationtime #indenturedservant #may10 #film

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If you are in Bogota, come seeing the film with subtiles in Spanish. Linda will explain the socio-anthropological perspective of her work and remind why 🇬🇳Rastafari is fundamental especially in a country as Colombia which practices violations of human rights at every corner of the streets 😩 . Free entrance @2PM@Universidad Nacional. Spread the word! Irie for your unconditional support. #colombia #bogotá #screenings #projection #film #documentary #cannabis #rastafari #rasta #dreads #dreadlocks #india #hinduism #hindu #roots #culture #heritage #love #anthropology #history #humanrights

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Bogota - Colombia, tonight we are with you. Linda also! @Gimnasio Moderno Kra 9 # 74 from 6 pm. #dreads #rastafari #rasta #documentary #documental #jamaica #india #elmuro #bogota #colombia #culture #cultura #history #historia #sadhu #hindu #women #cinema #love #cannabis #roots

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Colombia - unique screening in Spanish in Bogota on March 20. Linda will be in the house to meet you! Unica proyección en espanol en Bogota el día 20 de marzo. Linda estara alla para conocerte. #Colombia #jamaica #india #caribbean #dreads #dreadlocks #rasta #rastafari #documentary #cannabis #hindu #hinduism #sadhu #screening #documentary #bogota #history #culture #anthropology

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8 kilos ( 15 pounds) of Dreadlocks. Today, this Hindu woman cut it off for health issues while she's getting blamed to not endure the little pain in the name of Lord Shiva, emulated by Sadhus and so an inspiration for Rastas. #dreads #dreadlocks #hinduism #india #jamaica #caribbean #rastafari #rastas #shiva #inspiration #lifestyle #documentary #history #culture #indigenouspeople #humanrights #love

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Tomorrow, Feb 6 2018, Dreadlocks Story will be shown at Memorial Acte, a Museum dedicated to the Slave Trade Victims Memory in Pointe à Pitre Guadeloupe. After the screening, Linda will take part in the discussion which promises to be interesting and enlivened. Subtitles in French. See you there! #rastafari #hinduism #rasta #dreads #dreadlocks #sadhu #jamaica #india #caribbean #history #culture #roots #documentary #guadeloupe #memorialacte #film #anthropology #cannabis #love #knowledge #vulnerable #museum

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Those who have seen Dreadlocks Story, feel free to review it on IMDB while it continues its journey. These days it's mainly shown in the Caribbean. Linda attends the projections when she is able to.Thank you for your unconditional support. Irie! #imdb #production #rastafari #documentary #film #director #rasta #dreadlocks #jamaica #india #sadhu #hinduism #history #culture #memory #roots #cannabis #carribean

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All we wish you for 2018 is more wonderfulness, more laugh, more love, more prosperity and more peace for everyone while continuing to spread our work via screenings, conferences, publications and other collaborations. Give thanks for your absolute support. Have a nice New Year and Be Happy. #rasta #rastafari #dreads #dreadlocks #caribbean #india #jamaica #history #cannabis #newyear #fight #love #documentary #hindu #sadhu #nevergiveup #2018 #culture #roots #knowledge #ethnography

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We are thrilled to announce a good news. Our film is now the subject of a publication. Stay tuned! #dreads #canabis #ganja #india #jamaica #dreadlocks #caribbean #sadhu #rastas #rastastyle #history #culture #anthropology #world #documentary #publication #newyork #brills #rastafari #hinduism @anansuface @sunil1007

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Join us at UPenn in Philadelphia today for the last screening in the US before a while, which also closes a rich, amazing, insightful and enlightening tour in the U.K. and in the US as well as in a couple of Caribbean countries. Happiness, gratefulness, honor, what a sensational feeling of trust! Many thanks, everyone. Thankful to all. This October would have been a memorable month for celebrating our 3 years anniversary of non-stop screening around the world. Stay tuned for the next destinations! #upenn #philadelphia #usa #uk #caribbean #documentary #screening #rasta #rastafari #hindu #hinduism #jamaica #india #thankful #trust #history #culture #anthropology #roots #africanaupenn #dreadlocks #documentary #worldtour #archive #sadhus #honor @anansuface