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To Rastafarians, dreadlocks are seen as biblical and they believe it makes them look more like Haile Selassie (the emperor of Ethiopia during the 1920s) who they considered god.

Taken from the book, "WHY SO MANY GODS?" by Tim Baker and Kate Etue.

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