WITW MUSIC--Splash Kids

The roots of reggae are in Jamaica, the Caribbean island country where Bob Marley, the King of Reggae, was born. In the late 1960's, Bob Marley and his band, the Wailers, began to write songs with lyrics that were guided by their beliefs in the Rastafarian religion. Bob Marley is remembered for his songs that held important social messages, and his efforts to help heal the world through music. As he sang in one of his most popular songs; "One love/one heart/ lets get together and feel alright."

There is a whole culture and religion associated with this musical style, and often the lyrics of reggae songs will include some of the words below. See if you can match up each word with its correct description.
PRINT OUT REGGAE MIX-N-MATCH

1. King of Reggae
2. Jah

3. Once Emperor of Ethiopia

4. Rastafarian

5. Dreadlocks

6. Irie

7. I-tal

8. Jammin'

9. Natty dread

10. Maroon

11. Zion

12. Bald head

A. Person with dreadlocks

B. Powerful and pleasing

C. Ethiopia, Africa; the Rastafarian holy land

D. The name of a group of free black warriors in Jamaica, who successfully resisted the British and retreated into the rural mountainside of Jamaica

E. Bob Marley

F. Person without dreadlocks

G. The Almighty

H. Someone who follows the teachings of the Jamaican leader Marcus Garvey, and who worships Haile Selassi, an Ethiopian ruler believed by Rastafarians to be the leader of the black race, according to GarveyÆs interpretation of the New Testament.

I. Having a good time

J. Natural, wholesome

K. Hair that is not combed or cut, but grows in long thin mats

L. Haile Selassi (born Ras Tafari Makonnen)

Answers: 1-E, 2-G, 3-L, 4-H, 5-K, 6-B, 7-J, 8-I, 9-A, 10-D, 11-C, 12-F