sticks & shanty

The Actual band originated as a 12piece band that recorded the
Jah magic Album and became a 9 piece band that recorded Philistine album.
the 12 piece band included 4 brovas 5 cousins 1 best friend and 2 off the street friends. And the 9 piece band included 4 brovas 4 cousins and 1 best friend But as people would put it one big happy whanau who lived on the Eastside of Porirua
The band has gotten back 2gether again and will bring out another album when u'd have to wait to find out and this time it will be a full whanau band.
Jah Rastafari.......


Sticks & Shanty were a nine-piece, whanau based, Wellington reggae band that released two albums; 1987's Jah Magic and Philistines from '88

New Zealand reggae

is the New Zealand (Aotearoa) variation of the musical genre reggae. It is a large and well established part of New Zealand music, and includes some of the country's most successful and highly acclaimed bands.

Reggae in New Zealand the 1970s and 1980s included Herbs, Dread, Beat and Blood, Unity Pacific and the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The 1979Bob Marley concert at Western Springs Stadium is credited with having a huge influence of the growth of reggae in the country and inspiring many prominent reggae artists. The growth of the Rastafarian religion, particularly among Māori, was also a factor in the growth of the genre, and the high rates of use of marijuana among New Zealanders is likely to have had an influence.

The reggae scene is centred around the Waikato and the capital Wellington, with capital music having a more dub and jazz influenced sound. Most New Zealand reggae bands incorporate different stylistic influences, and the result is a unique combination of sounds.

The most successful of recent acts is Fat Freddy's Drop, who incorporate jazz, soul and dub influences and reflect the capital sound. They have won numerous awards and sold over 90,000 copies of their debut album. One of the most important groups of the last decade wasTrinity Roots (1998–2005), who also melded sparse jazz melodies with their reggae to great effect. The Black Seeds are another group who have significant commercial success in recent times. Their albums On The Sun and Into the Dojo both sold double platinum and the group has toured extensively throughout Europe. Their latest album, Solid Ground, reached #15 on the US Reggae Charts.^[1]

Other major groups include Katchafire, Cornerstone Roots, 1814, Kora, House of Shem and Tahuna Breaks. Major dub/electronic groups include Pitch Black, Shapeshifter and Salmonella Dub.

The scene is live performance based, and large reggae festivals occur annually. The most important are the Soundsplash Eco Reggae Festival in Raglan, the Kaikoura Roots Festivaland and Coromandel Gold, a New Years event featuring New Zealand reggae and dub bands in the Coromandel Peninsula, and local reggae artists are an integral part of the live music scene. A strong collection of "soundsystems" exist, groups putting on parties and events with DJs and MCs. Raggamuffin is a popular annual reggae concert celebrating Bob Marley's birthday (February 6), a date that coincides with Waitangi Day, a public holiday in New Zealand.

The Rasta Years

As the wind blows thru my dreadlocks

Caressing my Jamaican face

DÃ-jÃ-vu feelings take me back 

To a distant time and place

To a time of Rastafari

And Iya-binghi chants

A time of ital living

Before my heart transplant

Before I fled to Babylon

To chase an American dream

Before I lost my passion

My youth and self-esteem

Back then I was a warrior

Proud, fierce and strong

Relentless in my struggles

A righteous Rasta man

I remember Rasta brethren

Youth and elder dreads

And Rastafari sisters

In colorful tie-heads

Going to Rasta meetings

Dreads stuffed under tams

Rasta celebrations

JahLoveMuzik jams

Back then things were cheaper

But funds were always low

Still we dressed so regal

That you would never know

Yes those were the lean years

When I & I was poor

But idrin shared with idrin

And no one kept a score

Some would have a spliff to share

Some a chalice load

Some ital food or change to spare

Before man hit the road

Now those days are far long gone

And the ways we used to live

And a different struggle pushes me on

In a land that don't forgive

I struggle now with paying rent

A phone bill and car note

Winter's high utility rates

And wifey's new fur coat

Times and places all have changed

But memories still remain

Of Rasta vibes and Rasta lives

That I'll never see again

Yes, as a cool breeze filters through

My graying natty dread

I glimpse a life that I once knew

And a Rasta tear is shed

Bless!

Rastafari Messiah

Today, Haile Selassie is worshipped as Jesus incarnate^[131] among followers of theRastafari movement (taken from Haile Selassie's pre-imperial name Ras – meaning Head – a title equivalent to Duke – Tafari Makonnen), which emerged in Jamaica during the 1930s under the influence of Marcus Garvey's "Pan Africanism" movement. He is viewed as theMessiah who will lead the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora to freedom.^[132] His official titles are Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and King of Kings and Elect of God, and his traditional lineage is thought to be from Solomon and Sheba.^[133] These notions are perceived by Rastafarians as confirmation of the return of the Messiah in the prophetic Book of Revelation in the New Testament: King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Root of David. Rastafari faith in the incarnate divinity of Haile Selassie^[134] began after news reports of his coronation reached Jamaica,^[135] particularly via the two Timemagazine articles on the coronation the week before and the week after the event. Haile Selassie's own perspectives permeate the philosophy of the movement.^[135][136]

Not all Rastafarian mansions consider Haile Selassie as Jesus Christ incarnate. One example is The Twelve Tribes of Israel, who consider him a divinely anointed king—thus Christ in his kingly character and defender of the Christian faith.

In 1961, the Jamaican government sent a delegation composed of both Rastafari and non-Rastafari leaders to Ethiopia to discuss the matter of repatriation, among other issues, with the Emperor. He reportedly told the Rastafarian delegation (which included Mortimer Planno), "Tell the Brethren to be not dismayed, I personally will give my assistance in the matter of repatriation."^[137]

Haile Selassie visited Jamaica on 21 April 1966, and approximately one hundred thousand Rastafari from all over Jamaica descended onPalisadoes Airport in Kingston,^[135] having heard that the man whom they considered to be their Messiah was coming to visit them.Spliffs^[138] and chalices^[139] were openly^[140] smoked, causing "a haze of ganja smoke" to drift through the air.^{[141][142][143]} Haile Selassie arrived at the airport but was unable to come down the mobile steps of the airplane, as the crowd rushed the tarmac. He then returned into the plane, disappearing for several more minutes. Finally, Jamaican authorities were obliged to request Ras Mortimer Planno, a well-known Rasta leader, to climb the steps, enter the plane, and negotiate the Emperor's descent.^[144] Planno re-emerged and announced to the crowd: "The Emperor has instructed me to tell you to be calm. Step back and let the Emperor land".^[145] This day is widely held by scholars to be a major turning point for the movement,^{[146][147][148]} and it is still commemorated by Rastafarians as Grounation Day, the anniversary of which is celebrated as the second holiest holiday after 2 November, the Emperor's Coronation Day.

From then on, as a result of Planno's actions, the Jamaican authorities were asked to ensure that Rastafarian representatives were present at all state functions attended by His Majesty,^[149][150] and Rastafarian elders also ensured that they obtained a private audience with the Emperor,^[151] where he reportedly told them that they should not emigrate to Ethiopia until they had first liberated the people of Jamaica. This dictum came to be known as "liberation before repatriation".

Haile Selassie defied expectations of the Jamaican authorities,^[152] and never rebuked the Rastafari for their belief in him as the returned Jesus. Instead, he presented the movement's faithful elders with gold medallions – the only recipients of such an honor on this visit.^[153][154]During PNP leader (later Jamaican Prime Minister) Michael Manley's visit to Ethiopia in October 1969, the Emperor allegedly still recalled his 1966 reception with amazement, and stated that he felt that he had to be respectful of their beliefs.^[155] This was the visit when Manley received the Rod of Correction or Rod of Joshua as a present from the Emperor, which is thought to have helped him to win the 1972 election in Jamaica.

Rita Marley, Bob Marley's wife, converted to the Rastafari faith after seeing Haile Selassie on his Jamaican trip. She claimed in interviews (and in her book No Woman, No Cry) that she saw a stigmata print on the palm of Haile Selassie's hand as he waved to the crowd which resembled the markings on Christ's hands from being nailed to the cross—a claim that was not supported by other sources, but was used as evidence for her and other Rastafarians to suggest that Haile Selassie I was indeed their messiah.^[156] She was also influential in the conversion of Bob Marley, who then became internationally recognized. As a result, Rastafari became much better known throughout much of the world.^[157] Bob Marley's posthumously released song Iron Lion Zion refers to Haile Selassie.^{[citation needed]}

[edit]Haile Selassie's attitude to the Rastafari

According to Robert Earl Hood, Haile Selassie I "never denied or affirmed his divinity."^[158] In Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music, Kevin Chang and Wayne Chen note

It's often said, though no definite date is ever cited, that Selassie himself denied his divinity. Former senator and Gleaner editor, Hector Wynter, tells of asking him, during his visit to Jamaica in 1966, when he was going to tell Rastafarians he was not God. "Who am I to disturb their belief?" replied the emperor.^[159]

After his return to Ethiopia, he dispatched Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq Mandefro to the Caribbean to help draw Rastafarians and other West Indians to the Ethiopian church and, according to some sources, denied his divinity.^{[160][161][162][163]}

In 1948, Haile Selassie donated a piece of land at Shashamane, 250 km south of Addis Ababa, for the use of people of African descent from the West Indies. Numerous Rastafari families settled there and still live as a community to this day.^[164][165]

Name

Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen (Amharic ልጅ፡ ተፈሪ፡ መኮንን; Amharic pronunciation lij teferī mekōnnin). "Lij" translates literally to "child", and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. He would later become Ras Tafari Makonnen; "Ras" translates literally to "head"^[12] and is the equivalent of "duke",^[13] though it is often rendered in translation as "prince". Tafari, his given name, in Amharic means "one who is respected", while Haile literally means in Ge'ez "Power of" and Selassie means trinity (i.e. Haile Selassie "Power of the Trinity") his coronation name in 1930 (Haile Selassie was also his Christian baptismal name as an infant). In 1916 during the reign of the Empress Zauditu, she gave him the position of a regentand in 1928 this position was elevated, as she granted him the throne of Shoa, his title was then elevated to Negus, "King".^[14][15]

On 2 November 1930, after the death of Empress Zauditu, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned emperor,^[16] upon his ascension to Emperor, he took as his regnal name "Haile Selassie", meaning "Power of the Trinity".^[17] Haile Selassie's full title in office was "His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Elect of God" (Ge'ez ግርማዊ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ አፄ፡ ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ሞዓ፡ አንበሳ፡ ዘእምነገደ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ ሰዩመ፡ እግዚአብሔር; girmāwī ḳadāmāwī 'aṣē ḫaile śelassie, mō'ā 'ambassā ze'imneggede yehūda negus negast ze'ītyōṗṗyā, tsehume 'igzī'a'bihēr). This title reflects Ethiopian dynastic traditions, which hold that all monarchs must trace their lineage back to Menelik I, who in the Ethiopian tradition was the offspring of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.^[18]

To Ethiopians Haile Selassie has been known by many names, including Janhoy, Talaqu Meri, and Abba Tekel. The Rastafari employ many of these appellations, also referring to him as HIM, Jah, and Jah Rastafari

GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGH...JAH RASTAFARI!

[Kingston, November 8, 1930]

THE CORONATION OF EMPEROR RAS TAFARI1

Last Sunday, a great ceremony took place at Addis Abbaba [Ababa], the capital of Abyssinia. It was the coronation of the new Emperor of Ethiopia - Ras Tafari. From reports and expectations, the scene was one of great splendour, and will long be remembered by those who were present.
Several of the leading nations of Europe sent representatives to the coronation, thereby paying their respects to a rising Negro nation that is destined to play a great part in the fiiture history of the world.
Abyssinia is the land of the blacks and we are glad to learn that even though Europeans have been trying to impress the Abyssinians that they are not belonging to the Negro Race, they have returned the retort that they are, and that they are proud to be so.
Ras Tafari has travelled to Europe and America and is therefore no stranger to European hypocrisy and methods; he, therefore, must be regarded as a kind of a modern Emperor, and from what we understand and know of him, he intends to introduce modern methods and systems into his country.2 Already he has started to recruit from different sections of the world competent men in dIfferent branches of science to help to develop his country to the position that she should occupy among the other nations of the world.
We do hope that Ras Tafari will live long to carry out his wonderful intentions. From what we have heard and what we do know, he is ready and willing to extend the hand of invitation to any Negro who desires to settle in his kingdom. We know of many who are gone to Abyssinia and who have given good report of the great possibilities there, which they are striving to take advantage of.
The Psalmist prophesied that Princes would come out of Egypt and Ethiopia would stretch forth her hands unto God. We have no doubt that the time is now come. Ethiopia is now really stretching forth her hands. This great kingdom of the East has been hidden for many centuries, but gradually she is rising to take a leading place in the world and it is for us of the Negro race to assist in every way to hold up the hand of Emperor Ras Tafari.

Printed in Bm, 8 November 1930.

1. Ras Tafari (1891-1975) became king of Ethiopia in 1928. He was crowned emperor of Ethiopia and took the throne name of Haile Selassie I on 2 November 1930. The coronation was an elaborate ceremony attended by the leading rases of Ethiopia as well as representatives of foreign heads of state, including the Duke of Gloucester, representing the King of England, and the Prince of Savoy, representing the King of Italy. The Cathedral of St. George was remodeled and areas of the capital city of Addis Ababa were refurbished for the event. Streets were paved and telephone and electricity lines installed. Horses were purchased from Austria to pull a ceremonial coach previously owned by the ex-emperor of Germany, while the city police were outfitted in khaki uniforms from Belgium; music was provided by a British naval band. The ceremony was carefully planned as "unabashedly modern, although Ethiopian in execution, symbolizing the amalgam that the emperor sought to refine through his administration" (Harold Marcus, Haile Sellassie I: The Formative Years, 1892-1936 [Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1987], p. 114, see also pp. 109-113; see also Christine Sandford, The Lion of Judah Hath Prevailed [London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1955], pp. 56-57).

2. Ras Tafari had advocated a policy of modernization for many years before becoming emperor and had traveled to Europe to carry on diplomacy with foreign powers in his capacity as regent in the mid-1920s. As a child and member of the Amharic elite, he received a mixture of Western, Christian, and traditional education and became an avid reader of European literature. As regent he constructed a home in modern style and furnished it with European furniture and art work. As one biographer has pointed out,

As one entered or left the regent's residence, one could not help noticing that the guard saluted smartly in European style, wore a Khaki uniform, and was armed with modern weapons. Obviously, Tafari had pretensions, mostly European-inspired. It was now time [1924] for him to visit the Continent, to stir people there to assist him in modernizing Ethiopia. Westerners steeped in contemporary racial stereotypes had always found Tafari's features, manners, wit, and intelligence gratifyingly non-African. The ras thus comprised the ingredients for a public relation success in Europe. (Marcus, Haile Sellassie I, p. 58)

Bunny Wailer

Bunny Wailer, (born Neville O'Riley Livingston, April 10, 1947, Jamaica), also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B[1], is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. He is widely regarded as a musical legend and is considered one of the longtime standard bearers of reggae music. He has been named by Newsweek as one of the three most important musicians in world music.

Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley were raised in the same household as stepbrothers.[2] Bunny's father Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston lived with Bob Marley's mother Cedella Booker and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston.

As he was by some way the least forceful of the trio, he tended to sing lead vocals less often than Marley and Tosh in the early years, but when Bob Marley left Jamaica in 1966 for Delaware, to be replaced by Constantine "Vision" Walker, he began to record and sing lead on some of his own compositions, such as "Who Feels It Knows It", "I Stand Predominant" and "Sunday Morning". His music was very influenced by gospel and the soul of Curtis Mayfield. In 1967, he recorded "This Train", based on a gospel standard for the first time at Studio One.