Ky-Mani Marley: Rastafari is Not a Religion
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2014
- www.vladtv.com -Ky-Mani Marley sat down with VladTV and spoke of his roots in Rastafarianism, which he wants to clarify is not a religion involving rules, rituals and regulations that can create a great deal of division among different types of people. According to Marley, it is more of a way of life that abides under the principle of one love amongst all.
Ky-Mani also briefly spoke of the businesses his family owns in the Marley name, jokingly saying that it seems like they start a new one every week. - Hudba
Rasta is the perfect way of saying, I believe in God but not man made religion . 1
good point...man distorts religion....even in the bible it says to worship alone not in a church
***** They who believe that are representative of the twelve tribes sect and others. I and I, orthodox rastafarians know that Emperor Haile Selassie I supersedes the concept of god. God could be anything, any fragment of faith. Ras Tafari is the spiritual nucleus of the movement. Bless!
no they don't they believe that they believe there has been a second advent and he came in the form of haile selassie. As christians would believe that jesus came in the first coming. Get it right before you speak. Christians don't believe that jesus is God they believe he is the son and came to deliver his message and teachings of love. Same with Haile Selassie and if you do your research you will see that he is a descendent of David and therefore God.
I teach religious studies at high schools and I can tell you from my studies and experience of Rastafari that it depends on what individual that is talking. Just like any other belief rasta is percieved variedly amongst followers. Bobos are generally more ortodox in their ideology along with Nyahbingi if compared to 12 tribes that are more liberal. So in that way it is very much like any other religion. What makes rasta distinct is that it's core really is how someone choose to live: diet, fitness, selected media production and consumption. Therefore, rasta is more like eastern religions, since it is more based on actions rather than ideologies and rituals. In a way rasta is connected to nature and vegan philosophy, which actually is becoming more prominent in the movement than Selassie as we speak. Rastafari evolves just as any other spirituality and that's not sin, that's just a natural process. I believe in nature the most, it always stays the same and should always be respected and cherished. Label me a rasta if you want or not, the point is I don't try to force my belief upon people and honestly do not care what people wanna say because livity mi seh...
tanya emzie - Isn't that idolatry then? Did Haile Selassie ever claim he was God and therefore people should worship him?
"You don't haffi dread to be rasta, this is not a dread locks thing, divine conception of the heart" - Morgan Heritage
It's not the hair style it's the Life style, is not every and every dreadlocks is a Rasta child.. ROC Riva
You don’t have to do this/that. What you have to do is redefine “dreadlock”. You have to know what dreads are before you can justify not having them. Words are spells. Leave Ras alone and what is this man doing giving an interview on about his mysticism while enslaved under “European” influence.
Thank u for saying that bcus most would make others think that u have 2 have lox 2 b n JAH-RAH-STA-FAR-I
I've been on my rasta journey going on a year now being a rasta is working on yourself your body training your mentality to become a rastafari which means u have went on your own path of self acceptance holding no hate for others treating your body as a temple that's why vegan is mandatory and you must be accepted by other rastafaris before you can fully call yourself 1 being a rasta does not mean you are a rastafari so no rasta is not a religion but to be a rastafari there are rules that's why smoking the herb is mandatory because it is a way of meditation and get deep into yourself. Sorry your fathers a legend but im not Jamaican and I know more about it then he does and I've only been on my journey for a year
Yes dreads are mandatory to be a rastafari it represents patience time and your journey from rasta to rastafari it always shows others your freedom and strength it is more than a look it is a wife a life it is your identity you have to earn your locs you have to nurture and care for your locs represent a journey of self acceptance nothing can break our locs it is our strength
"This is not a religion it's a way of Life"
you govern yourself, your conscious rules you.
One Love 🌿
@love goddess Real talk my sister. That’s the essence of Rastafari- know thyself
@O Your aggressive dogma runs contrary to Rastafari livity in every way.
Exactly 💯
Bob Marley genes was strong becuz all his kids look like him
Especially, Damien Marley!
Oshane Patterson you both are way off. ziggy looks most like bob
Highland Cultivations Chillin Kymani & Ziggy look alike
Farah Joseph no they all don’t look like bob.
Oshane Patterson WRONG
I feel like the Rasta is in you within your presence and attitude towards life. I am not a Rastafarian but my moral, aspects, and my energy on earth will bring it out.
I love the principles behind Rastafarianism , BUT ALMOST ALL RELIGIONS CLAIM TO BE A WAY OF LIFE. A true way of life is more of a individual thing.
That's true but that's how a lot of religions start. They gradually get co-opted by radicals and change the fundamental values and ideologies. Hell, look at modern day feminism.
Well, it can be like a life philosphy. But some philosophies turn into religions. However, he said unlike religions generally there are no strict rules. So that's different then.
alansjf33 Rastafari is not a religion. What makes it a religion to you? Not all Rasta see HIM as god or as a returned messiah. Some see him as a Great Afrikan King. How does that make it a religion exactly?
@@solarscience5815 your not really making sense salassei is the most high
@way up softly roberts You clearly don’t know much about Rastafari.
How exactly do the 12 tribes of Israel, who are a Rastafari organ, see HIM? Here’s a clue: it’s not the most high.
Know thyself
The Marley brand generates so much damn income. They do a lot for people
Sharif Al-Amin they really do, they jus donated 58 million dollars worth of medical equipment to the people in Nepal
They should
GanjaSpliffTV proof.... thank you
@Sharif Al-Amin That’s a good thing. I’m sure everyone of us in here would love to earn that type of moolah. 🙋🏽♂️
They do little.
i see dreadlocks as form of freedom
Lawrence Matipano never thought of it like that until you said it
What you see vs what it is.
Right on
Thats how I see mine
I thought it was from Leviticus
Big up to de Marley's dem. One love, one aim, one destiny, unity!
Marley's mellow mood passion fruit tea is my all time favorite drink
wow, he sounds just like his dad!
Ike Dim he try to sound like him
He doesn't he's Jamaican. He has a Jamaican accent and an American accent. I know him from Miami and he is farrrr from trying to be like Bob
morenaso1 Jamaican Patois
super ike no Ziggy does
@@morenaso1 For real you did you go to grade school with him? Or played sports with him?
this is right you have your beliefs u know what u know and u live how u wanna live
Powerful family. #Respect
A portion of Ras think we should follow everything the King did and said. That’s madness. Rastafari is about finding Divine self, tuning into nature, Love, Blak pride, confidence in self , freedom, self reliance, bringing blak ppl together, positive thinking, positive livity. Haile Selassie never told us to do those things, Rastafari bredrin created it for ourselves.
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2021 you Khymani Are One Of Of My Heroes. I Love You Brotha. Peace & Blessing's Brethren
One love my man!🤙❤
Rasta is Black awareness of self and pride Black unity. faith in Jah. knowing Jah is in control of all, good or bad. Rasta roots are in Africa and sprouted out more in Jamaica. a lot of people have locks these days not half are Rastas. I see many whites at Reggae shows claiming Rasta with no clue of stupid or rude it is to claim a culture that ain't there's
+oneway designs well if they claim black pride, or only wear dreads to look cool or something then yeah it is stupid, but i think a white person can be rastafarian. i mean kymani just said its not a religion there is no rituals, or regulations its a way of life. so if a white guy chose to govern himself, and live that way of life like the rastas then what is wrong with that. is it just his skin color, and heritage that sets him apart? arent we all human? didnt all our ancestry originate in africa? The belief that jah (aka GOD) or yeshua (aka jesus) only cares about black people is not the belief bob marley was promoting he was promoting one love, and all mankind to be one love not just the black people. no race or culture is without sin. so no race should judge the other, because none are without guilt or blood on their hands. we are all born equal, and innocent race is just a large family tree nothing more. if rastafarianism is about faith in jah the creator of black, and white people then why should white not be allowed to share the culture since we are all united as mankind and should not be divided.
what's wrong is some white feelin like they understand the struggle of another then trying to change what they don't overstand so they can say i'm this or that. I&I never said Jah only cares or loves Blacks He loves us all. People don't love as we should. And we should all be equal but I sure you know that ain't real. and it ain't Rastafarianism. we got no ism's in OUR life. last thing, all our ancestry originate in Jah not evillution. peace
oh ok yeah they shouldn't act like that. its something black people should be proud of because its something that proves their struggle, and how they developed a culture in this corrupt world. im a white, and native american man, and dont claim rastafari, because i just dont feel like i belong in it, but bob marley is someone i admire, and i respect rastafari. may jah be with you. peace
viking Mckim peace to u Viking. I have Native american friends that invite I to pow wow's and some other events. I show total respect to their culture. I listen and dance with them. I don't leave claiming to be Native american or act like a know there history better than them. I&I let them tell me their story not turn around & start a band singing your music and acting like I'm Native. peace again
haha lol nice
High my brother 💯 high quality
No dislikes on this video. This is great
with that being said you've now made people want to dislike it.
I could listen to this man talk all day. His accent is soothing.
damn He is so chill when he speaks. Sure is took a BOOM DRAW before the interview!
He is this way all the time.
Sweet, simple, inspiring and excellent,
Kymani very intelligent I'm proud of you brother😘
My dude Ky be switching from Jamaican to MIA-yo, mid-sentence. 😂 Respect
"wayne… dem shot mi down wayne…"
You fuck up for saying that line :-) (LMAOL)
Best low budget movie
Ray Chand lol damn u hadta say low budget?! lol u coulda just said foreign film, or music film
Ray Chand wha bout city of god
@@sweazera lot of people love “Shottas”! It might be low budget? But the hood love that shit! “One Love” was good too
Lindo rastaman você é incrível. Artista de muita atitude e talento. Parabéns ky pelas músicas maravilhosas e performance excelente no palco. Sucesso
Watching him just made me think about growing my hair out... but I'm gonna be a dentist so idk if that would affect business. You know how society for some reason detests when black people get dreads or grow their hair out like it's dirty or something. Jah bless.
Ur right but it wud mean more to make society accept u the way u are and let ur work speak for itself...I gotta buddy who cut his hair off to go to law skool, I was so disappointed, cuz I know lawyers with locks who hold shit down in the courtroom and demand their respect, its admirable and speaks volumes...imo but do wut u gotta do
na u gotta do whats best for business so ur doing the right thing. every time i say I'm gonna grow dreads i end up cutting it after like 3 months cause i can't stand that in between phase lol shit is a big commitment
hay as long as u keep them clean and healthy shouldnt be a problem
*Nah. . you are going into the business/medical field. . you have to do what white america needs you to do in order to make money, don't be stupid and get dreads. . keep a clean low cut*
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there are plenty of people in the professional world with dreads, accomplished ones at that. i'm speaking from experience here.
He said the same thing Bob said.. the dreads is his identity.. definitely been watching his dad interviews
me see man ask him bout business, and i bought some marley earphones to listen mi music as other earphone keep breaking and they use different configuration on 3.5 jack plug and was angled 90 degree not straight and dem still working 6 months later!! all dem other one i tried just break within 4 week of use!! i see the difference in quality and dem know seh having different angle change the lifespan, same way rasta live different and dem see the angle, like Jah say "Never dis the man with the Angle" LOL ya affi laugh with Jah inna mi heart everytime Rasta!!
I don't know much of other Marleys; Bob has 19 children, all still alive and quite young. But what I've heard them talking I have to say that Ziggy and Ky-Mani are particularly wise guys. Here's Ky-Mani saying exactly the same thing as Mutabaruka when he was young. They both are saying that rastafari is not a religion, but more like a philosophy. Muta said that religion comes in many forms, christianity, buddhism, rastafarism, and they are all based on love. Here's Ky-Mani's telling the same, but in his own words. He's a young man, just 37, soon to be 38, but so pleasantly calm and a profound thinker. I like him, even more than Ziggy, and absolutely more than other Marleys. Blessings to all of them. Btw, Muta doesn't even smoke marijuana. Many others use rastafarism as an excuse to smoke it all the time = what's that got to do with meditation? None of my business, I guess.
helithemaddog when you smoke cannabis, the high can put you into deep thought, which is what is why they talk bout meditation
Ky-Mani seems more down to earth to me. He sang with Andrew Tosh as a tribute to Peter Tosh. Respect that
@helithemaddog most of what you say is true for the most part. Many ppl do not turn Rasta just to smoke herbs. That is incorrect and sounds ridiculous that part of your statement
I hear the truth when he says you must be willing to die to be a true revolutionary .This is why you can't be problack without sacrifices and willing to fight for your rights
"ya religion cause division like my Maybach partition" - Hov
Humble like his father!
Big up! Truth. Is revealed. Learn teach unity
Ky i love all your movie's especially $hottas one
Their accent is so cool
Yo, why did Ky-Mani's accent get so heavy as soon as he started talking about Rasta?
Thats right it identity who we are as a freedom live with Nature
Locks and long hair hold our wisdom, aid our intuition, and act in the same way whiskers do for a cat 🦁🐯! I hate that It's a fashion statement here in the states because more often than not, people I come into contact with who have dreads have very little knowledge on Rastafarian way of life and thinking
Yo Vlad! Great interview but Rasta dont deal with isms and schims, just leave it at Rastafari!
"“Ism” is basically ideologies ending with -ism, like racism, capitalism, Nazism, nationalism, communism. Isms are not very popular as they separate, divide and put people in different groups. Hence ism-schism."
Bless Up!
How can a person dislike this video.
Did you see how Ky-Mani looked upon him when Him mentioned Bob Marley. Tread lightly Yankee bwoi.
Blessed
Very time
Blessings
More love overstanding.
Fi real
One love.
Just happened so that meanwhile I lived in Jamaica in a rasta village. Well, rasta living has gone far from what it used to be decades ago. I came to witness how they drink, party many times a week, smoke weed of course ( nothing bad there!!! ), but what made me leave Jamaica was the fact that a couple of rasta guys stole all my savings. Thank God I had a ticket waiting at the airport. It was finally all I had left since those "rastas" stole all my money, savings of many past years. My lifelong illusions of rastafarism came tumbling down, crashed. No one who hasn't experienced what I did, can't imagine the bad taste and feeling inside I had when I left. And after what happened, there's no use for anybody coming to explain absolutely anything about rastafarism and the purity of their life style to me. I know now the truth of playing rasta and how todays rastas live. Such a dissappointment...
helithemaddog How do you KNOW they was Rasta? Did you grow with them? They don’t sound like Rasta to me. Considering you don’t really know who is Rasta you cannot fight Rastafari down.
100 dollars says your a white rich kid lol
you not seeing the divide between Rastafarian principles and the poor choices of these few men, SHOWS your place in this conversation. it’s irrelevant because your probablyyyyy white
BLESS UP JAH!
Omg his accent switches to much for me lol. One moment I’m like damn did he grow up in America then BOOM that Jamaican accent right up.
Jamaica N sounds like you answered your question yourself.. Of course his accent changed due to his American up bring, but his Jamaican roots... If a child is exposed the his roots in his family household and then to the culture of a new country of course the way he speaks will be affected. Common sense, but I guess you just wanted to leave a comment of nonsense
So shotta 2 when....
the world would be good to live rastafarian life. Wake up brother's and sisters no deceiving life is freedom and. Love recognize our native roots and take comfort in knowing. AAA a Jahh! Good vibrations sweet. Sensations!
word up
Bless up
Solo The Puerto Rican🇵🇷 Rasta🇯🇲@LostBoy Respect Man All The Time Man Bless Up Peace And Love Bomb Clat
I miss you mystic
respect
Rasta is love so if you have genuine love in your heart which means that you're naturally a good person may not be perfect but you know what love is and you practice love and when and if you do bad things your conscience bothers you and you learn how to check your ego = Rasta... Psa.. Rasta do not see color when it comes to skin
AWESOME
Rasta is the truth .... Rasta the first !
David Da Costa and rights
I've been on my rasta journey going on a year now being a rasta is working on yourself your body training your mentality to become a rastafari which means u have went on your own path of self acceptance holding no hate for others treating your body as a temple that's why vegan is mandatory and you must be accepted by other rastafaris before you can fully call yourself 1 being a rasta does not mean you are a rastafari so no rasta is not a religion but to be a rastafari there are rules that's why smoking the herb is mandatory because it is a way of meditation and get deep into yourself. Sorry your fathers a legend but im not Jamaican and I know more about it then he does and I've only been on my journey for a year
Bob Marley changed the way people think about religion. That's the reality...
Dreadlocks are more than just Identity, they date back to slavery in Central America. Slaves that free'ed themselves stopped cutting their hair whilst hiding in exile in nearby mountains and woods. So dreads also signify freedom, as they fought to free other slaves.
True, but they go back much further than slavery, priest/ shamans used to rock them and certain warrior tribes in Kenya wore them too!
Love over all.
Jah rasta rest in peace Bob Marley baruch adonai HA SHEM EMET Shabbat shalom adoni praise Jah it starts wit Jah and ends with Jah Jahlelujah amen amen amen praise Jah Jah rasta Rastafari
Respect one love
Love all the movies family 😍
jah rastafari praise jah
Rest one love
I know I’m late lol, but is Rastafari open to every and all race (white, Hispanic, Indian, etc) or is Rastafari just for the black family (family meaning community/nation) ? Jus wanna learn more about it.
Rastafari is for the black community only. It is a way for us to connect to Africa, Our motherland which we were taught to hate by the western world who were exploiting our land and people. My ancestors were stolen from there and we as the descendants of the Africans who were kidnapped from our beautiful land of gold, diamonds, oil, etc know it is our duty to find our ancestors lost voices and also our own voices and our identities and love ourselves once again as black people through the teachings of Marcus Garvey and H.I.M
Love all the way from Jamaica.
@@kitto3608 thank you !! I’m open to learn so I’ll look into it, thx ❤️
@@najahjackson230 Great! hope this helped!!! ❤️💛💚
Jah Rastafari! ! !
Home come today there are more dreads than Rastas? (Paraphrased from a Reggae song, maybe by Morgan Heritage)
How do you know that’s true first of all? Did you do a survey?
Jah bless!
I just love him i love how composed he is when he speaking
Words from the prophet!
one love
Rasta and Aleister Crowley is synonymous “Do what thou wilt”
"Kimani" is a name from Kenya, East Africa. Our son must come and learn some Swahili culture as well
Africans got a serious obsession with Jamaicans😂🤣
@@northside3701 Its love not obsession. Jamaicans love Africa and Africa loves Jamaica. Those are our brothers and sisters in Diaspora. Many Jamaicans have given themselves African names because they know their roots. "Kabaka" means a king in Uganda, Kabaka Pyramid. Kimani is Kenyan. Mutabaruka is a Rwandese name. All these are names Jamaicans adopted from the black land.
@@jamesmuhoozi5812 No we don't love Africa, we never been there..Only Rasta talk bout Africa...There you go again with the obsesssion talking🤡🤣. We are not the same people..We are not YOU, you are not US.Yall worship everything we do down to our music...😂🤣 When the Transatlantic ship landed in the islands, thats is a new chapter my friend..I'm a Black Jamaican and my descendents are from the continent of Africa...I am not African..😂🤣
Morgan Heritage said it best "You don't haffi dread to be Rasta/ It's not a dreadlock ting divine conception of the heart". All the dreadlocks and not shaving and only eating certain things come from the Nazarite vow.
Yes some people say you don't have to have dread. but If you really are and commit your self than yes you have to have dreads
noah vizzian No, not necessarily...
Coexist \/
+noah vizzian
U said it best
+peach nathaniel the points of locks. 1. For all Africans. Because Africans back then did not comb their hair. If you don't comb your hair then it locks up. 2. It represents the lions mane. All Rastas including I&I consider gods. And lions of thyself. 2. The comb and scissors is a babylonians invention. That we Africans should not use. Because it is not of Africa. 3.we forbid the cutting of hair because the bible says so. But should sometimes be trimmed.
noah vizzian I'n'I hear what you're saying but I'n'I just gonna add a little Iya.
The first known examples of locks are from Egypt, you are right with the Old Testament accounts and that they originated in Africa but they are not exclusive to Africa, according to Roman accounts, the Celts were described to have 'hair like snakes' Germanic tribes, Greeks and the Vikings are all said to have worn locks too.
The rise of the Rasta dreadlocks however is something entirely separate. It was born in the 1930s when Ras Tafari was crowned emperor of Ethiopia. When the emperor was forced into exile during an invasion, guerrilla warriors swore not to cut their hair until the emperor was reinstated.
As for the comb, Africa had combs well before Babylon intervened. The ancient Egyptians had Afro combs. One writer tells us that the Egyptians “manufactured a very striking range of combs in ivory: the shape of these is distinctly African and is like the combs used even today by Africans and those of African descent.”
But I'n'I do reiterate the fact that you don't have to be dread to be Rasta or praise the most high and the bible is open to interpretation as it speaks differently to others.
I'n'I agree with you that we as a people (human race) shouldn't cut our hair and as such haven't cut mine for over ten years.
Respect,
Coexist \/
Jah bless.
Surprised vlad did not ask: is there room for an openly gay reggae singer? Or can Rastas wear skirts in Jamaica?
Hahahahah real talks I'm surprised too!
LMAO
Not 'homophobic' - that is a frankenword. They call it 'homophobia' to silence people. Homophobia is not a proper meaningful term. Eg: "homophobic behaviour will not be tolerated and will lead to dismissal". That means basically if u do ANYTHING or say anything the lgbt don't like: you're fired. Homophobia is too broad a term. It covers discomfort to hatred to violence.
@GanjaSpliffTV Stop lying on Jamaicans. Nuff Gays in JA who don’t get killed and walk freely in New Kingston. Stop lying
@mrlawilliamsuk Warmachine Are you gay?
where can i find tupac bob marley comparisons
In the suggested videos you sperm cell
Hi Big Brother
loool is it just me or did anyone else notice his accent change at 4:40.......
Lmaooooo wtf that was weird. Went from Marley to jerome for a second
His father Bob Marley said the same, but it's based on christianity (Ethiopian) which is a religion. There's rasta churches and bibles today and very organized in it's rituals and church keeping only on sun-days for example. When it's organized it's religion IMHO.
But I would say Judaism that was given by "God" (not man) is not a religion, but most people would disagree with me as well, so I get it..
Young black men need a guide line for it so they can teach other
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he's high rn
True.
I feel dat
Rastafari💚💛❤️🎸
Rest Up Bob Marley
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Rastafari is a lifestyle peace NZ
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He aged because in shottas he was fine he is not ugly he is still handsome but he was FIONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE in tht movie shottas
Farah Joseph you sound like you waan dub him
Control womaaan
He was younger and plus the American diet ages you too
Ky-mani speaks with a Jamaican accent in this interview but in some other ones he doesn't. Is there something I'm missing here? Do they only speak like that when they feel like?
+lgatti54 HE Tries to hard to sound like bob marley. using the phrase "You know what i mean" in every sentence. Jahovia bless friend!
That is his fucking father!
DaberUno Tv I noticed that too. Bob was great though. Jah Bless friend.
Ky-many was not brought up in jamaica,he livef his whole life in miami,and was a real gangstah when him younger! Read the book : dear dad....
Written by kymani: it's his life story,and his upbringing,and the fight to be recognised by the marley family, as he was not a part of the family in his early days,due to some shituation's and financial bullsh*t....very interesting, and gave me a whole other kind of respect for the man!
Jah bless
Ras -Tafari!
+Nicolas Dujardin so he speaks both fluent english and proper jamaican, as he was in jamaica alot on visit to his family and had jamaican parents so yes he speaks both :)
It's interesting to hear the perspective of individuals and their relationship with their spirituality, but I think the claim of Rasta being a religion is more steeped in its own history then modern peoples culture perhaps Such studies show the original dreadlocks was taken from literal interpretation of some Abrahamic texts, look and the religiosity of early Rasta is undeniable
How as a kid do I become a rasta
No think on CZcams works mostly the comments
One love Ky_Mani tell the people the truth ❤️💚💛 bless
♥️💛💚 Blessings
Jah Rastafariii!
rastafari
(RAS) reticular activating system,
is a set of connected nuclei in the brains
responsible for regulating wakefulness and
sleep-wake transitions.
(ta)Tantalum is a rare, hard, blue-gray,
lustrous transition metal that is highly
corrosion-resistant.
Latin verb fari, which means "to speak."
def - a rastafarian can regulate the wakefulness and
sleep-wake transition between thought and speech
and is highly corrosion-resistant.
meaning:
The herbal incense regulate the senses
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