| T-shirt printing companies often feature symbolic prints | | | | Bob Marley heavily incorporated Rastafarian chants in |
| on t-shirts. These symbols include political and social | | | | his song. Aside from Marley, other reggae musicians |
| images that may have significance to a minority group | | | | also used music to spread the teachings of Rastafari. |
| or may represent a counterculture movement, such as | | | | Musicians like Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer have |
| the Rastafari Movement. | | | | integrated Rastafarian doctrine in their songs. |
| According to Wikipedia, most Rastas do not think of | | | | Red, Green And Gold In RastafariT-Shirt Printing |
| the movement as a "religion," but a "Way of Life." It is | | | | The Rastafari colors are green, red and gold, the |
| monotheistic, worshiping only one God, which they call | | | | same hues found in its flag. At the center of the flag |
| Jah. However, this God is not a vague Almighty Being | | | | the silhouette of a roaring lion stands proud while the |
| in the heavens, but incarnated as Haile Selassie I, the | | | | horizontal stripes of the three colors are in the |
| last Emperor of Ethiopia. | | | | background. |
| Rastafari has Afrocentric ideologies and teachings. Its | | | | Sometimes, the three colors serve as background to |
| members support the spiritual use of cannabis, or | | | | or were superimposed on top of Bob Marley's image. |
| marijuana. It also has a tri-color flag-red, green and | | | | In a sketch of Marley's face, the same three colors |
| yellow-with a lion's silhouette printed at the center. | | | | were mixed with the dark lines. Other times, the lyrics |
| Bob Marley And Rastafari In T-Shirt Printing | | | | of Bob Marley's songs accessorize the image. |
| The strong association of Rastafari with reggae is | | | | Red signifies the blood of Black Jamaican martyrs, |
| partly because of Bob Marley's stature and his | | | | green represents the lushness of the Ethiopian or |
| membership in the movement. Bob Marley is one of | | | | Jamaican countryside, and gold signifies the wealth of |
| the most popular Rastas in the world, and his popularity | | | | Africa. Sometimes, black is included as a reference to |
| has helped spread the influence of the Rastafari | | | | the Marcus Garvey movement. |
| Movement in the world. | | | | Reggae and the Rasta movement are rich sources of |
| Bob Marley's signature image-his wide smile and his | | | | artistic inspiration for t-shirt printing designers. The |
| dreadlocks-is one of the most popular designs in t-shirt | | | | symbols from these movements touch the rebellious |
| printing. His face has been printed in different versions, | | | | spirit of the angst-ridden youth of the seventies, and |
| either as a pencil sketch or as a photograph. The | | | | continue to nurture the same sentiments in today's |
| prints show Bob Marley in different poses, while singing | | | | generation. Custom printed t-shirts with these types of |
| onstage or with his head thrown back in carefree | | | | designs speak the messages that they want us to |
| laughter. | | | | listen to. |