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The irits festival: the rastafari indigenous village
Description of the policy/measure
The rastafari village was created ten (10) years ago as a cultural sharing center, healing ground, and sanctuary, where the villagers coexist in a living, working, preservation village. the village promotes, protects and preserve traditional rastafari practices. the irits festival is a monthly acoustic gathering curated with the aim of creative balance by harmonizing music, food, healing and art with culture, preserving living aspects of the jamaican heritage, blending live music, an ital vegan cuisine and local artists.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
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Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
The rastafari village is an active attraction and sarced space for locals as well as tourists. visitors find some of the activities, such as the ceremonial chants and drumming as an important ritual in the elevation to the spiritual wolrd of rastafari.