So the Indians brought it.

[d spike]

"Ganja" is the Plantation Hindustani name for marijuana. Before it was made illegal, it was sold here out of general stores in the districts that the East Indian labourers settled. The older fellahs used to sit in groups outside and smoke weed while they discussed matters.
It is still smoked by sadhus in Northern India.

The Royal Navy encouraged its rearing, as Indian hemp, as it was known, made the best lines for rigging, being naturally waterproofed due to oils in the hemp. At its height in the "Age of Sail", all 'ships of the line' (dat is dey warships dem) were rigged with Indian hemp. (Makes you wonder how happy Blackbeard must have been in battle, as the fellow used to tuck burning ends of rope under his hat to produce a wreath of smoke around his head, thus appearing most fearsome... and bloody high too, no doubt)

[Chimera]

Spike telling we stories of his childhood dey eh fellas, nuttin from no history book.

[K74T]

Swa*coughs*ha

[supremacy_007]

hmmmmm we really know the good sheit den.....

[d spike]

Spike telling we stories of his childhood dey eh fellas, nuttin from no history book.

Doh be rude to yuh elders, boy... or ah go break yuh tail wit' mih walker (once I could get the hookah pipe untangled from it...)

[cinco]

cookies?

[mitsuboi]

Saw a documentary on nat geo....there is a country in asia (forgot which country) that celebrates Shivratri and dey lift d ban off smokin ganja for that day

If someone could google or youtube it and post it up it would be deeply appreciated

Pardon mih ole rusty brain fellas

[cinco]

blaze it up

[zoom rader]

Helping my daughter with her homework assignment on Indian Arrival Day and she told me this.

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. Products from India which were included on the ships, heading for the West Indies, were cloves, ginger, saffron, dhall, peppers, mustard, spices, ghee and the now infamous-- MARIJUANA.

The buggers lol.

Yes this is very much true, I said this before on Tuner on another post. Ganja is hindi name for the holy herb, it was used by a special Hindu sect that smoke it for their Pujas. Before 1947 you buy the herb at stores, but them whites boys started smoking it and could not handle the holy herd. So the whiteboys parents got it banned and put it into law.

[TRAE]

so the Indians brought it and the africans bought it?

[~*Pãñdorą*~]

Helping my daughter with her homework assignment on Indian Arrival Day and she told me this.

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. Products from India which were included on the ships, heading for the West Indies, were cloves, ginger, saffron, dhall, peppers, mustard, spices, ghee and the now infamous-- MARIJUANA.

The buggers lol.

Yes this is very much true, I said this before on Tuner on another post. Ganja is hindi name for the holy herb, it was used by a special Hindu sect that smoke it for their Pujas. Before 1947 you buy the herb at stores, but them whites boys started smoking it and could not handle the holy herd. So the whiteboys parents got it banned and put it into law.

Foss says he is highly (pun intended) offended and he coming to out yuh fyaz!

[K74T]

[S_2NR]

buh wdmc!

[bluesteel29]

Helping my daughter with her homework assignment on Indian Arrival Day and she told me this.

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. Products from India which were included on the ships, heading for the West Indies, were cloves, ginger, saffron, dhall, peppers, mustard, spices, ghee and the now infamous-- MARIJUANA.

The buggers lol.

Yes this is very much true, I said this before on Tuner on another post. Ganja is hindi name for the holy herb, it was used by a special Hindu sect that smoke it for their Pujas. Before 1947 you buy the herb at stores, but them whites boys started smoking it and could not handle the holy herd. So the whiteboys parents got it banned and put it into law.

dan.....u izza jack@ss

[S_2NR]

Helping my daughter with her homework assignment on Indian Arrival Day and she told me this.

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. Products from India which were included on the ships, heading for the West Indies, were cloves, ginger, saffron, dhall, peppers, mustard, spices, ghee and the now infamous-- MARIJUANA.

The buggers lol.

Yes this is very much true, I said this before on Tuner on another post. Ganja is hindi name for the holy herb, it was used by a special Hindu sect that smoke it for their Pujas. Before 1947 you buy the herb at stores, but them whites boys started smoking it and could not handle the holy herd. So the whiteboys parents got it banned and put it into law.

dan.....u izza jack@ss

[nareshseep]

Rastafarianism
The reason true Rastafarians have dreadlocks, are vegetarians and smoke 'Ganja' (a Hindi word for compressed female buds) in 'Chillums' (another Hindi word for a small clay pipe) is partly because of the British. When the British abolished slavery they shipped over hundreds of thousands of Indian labourers to work on sugar plantations. These immigrants brought the religion of cannabis to a new continent.

Cannabis appeared and started growing in many places where the British took Indians. The Caribbean is just one place where local people quickly acclimatised to the plant and claimed it as their own. There are stories about Rangoon in Burma being another of those places as well as Bangkok, Philippines and even Lebanon.

One of the most important things that Rastas call the best female weed is Kali. This is a Hindu term for 'Kali Mata' a dark form of Shiva's wife Parvati. In addition, Kali means Bud in Hindi (pronounced Kuli). I think Rasta's probably got the term from Kali Mata when the Poddkar priest named them after sexing.

Another thing that relates the two religions is Shiva and Rasta's dreadlocks. Most of the ancient Rishi's mentioned in the Hindu scriptures had grown their 'Jata' knotted hair when they renounced normal living and became Spiritual Sadhus; these are some of the most respected people from the religion. It is also noted that in the famous epic 'The Ramayana', both Ram and Lakshman grow their hair into Jata's when they went into the jungle for 14 years.

The Sannyassins in India usually go to the mountains or jungles to meditate and they probably did the same when they went to the Caribbean. The slaves were freed and some went to work as paid labour in the fields or the big plantation houses, but a few freed slaves went up to the mountains and hinterlands where they learnt about spirituality and cannabis.

When Marcus Garvey came along with his 'Look to East for the Coming of the Black King Speech' the Rasta's (freed people of the mountains) had a real interest because of the religious stories they had heard from the Hindu priests about the Avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu and how he will appear on earth again.

Then Haile Selasse got crowned King Emperor of Ethiopia and the Lion of Juda. This was it for the Rasta, they saw it as the Saviour and the Avatar mentioned in the old stories as well as the man in question was claimed to be the direct descendant of Solomon and Sheba. And also of Moses.

http://www.thehempire.com/index.php/can ... and_rastas

http://sadhurasta.yolasite.com/sadhus.php

LEGALIZE EET!

[Kiro_lee]

Like Indians bring Ammens too

[mitsuboi]

blaze it up

yea fadda i saw what u did .....u wanted to doubt d I man

[zoom rader]

Rastafarianism
The reason true Rastafarians have dreadlocks, are vegetarians and smoke 'Ganja' (a Hindi word for compressed female buds) in 'Chillums' (another Hindi word for a small clay pipe) is partly because of the British. When the British abolished slavery they shipped over hundreds of thousands of Indian labourers to work on sugar plantations. These immigrants brought the religion of cannabis to a new continent.

Cannabis appeared and started growing in many places where the British took Indians. The Caribbean is just one place where local people quickly acclimatised to the plant and claimed it as their own. There are stories about Rangoon in Burma being another of those places as well as Bangkok, Philippines and even Lebanon.

One of the most important things that Rastas call the best female weed is Kali. This is a Hindu term for 'Kali Mata' a dark form of Shiva's wife Parvati. In addition, Kali means Bud in Hindi (pronounced Kuli). I think Rasta's probably got the term from Kali Mata when the Poddkar priest named them after sexing.

Another thing that relates the two religions is Shiva and Rasta's dreadlocks. Most of the ancient Rishi's mentioned in the Hindu scriptures had grown their 'Jata' knotted hair when they renounced normal living and became Spiritual Sadhus; these are some of the most respected people from the religion. It is also noted that in the famous epic 'The Ramayana', both Ram and Lakshman grow their hair into Jata's when they went into the jungle for 14 years.

The Sannyassins in India usually go to the mountains or jungles to meditate and they probably did the same when they went to the Caribbean. The slaves were freed and some went to work as paid labour in the fields or the big plantation houses, but a few freed slaves went up to the mountains and hinterlands where they learnt about spirituality and cannabis.

When Marcus Garvey came along with his 'Look to East for the Coming of the Black King Speech' the Rasta's (freed people of the mountains) had a real interest because of the religious stories they had heard from the Hindu priests about the Avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu and how he will appear on earth again.

Then Haile Selasse got crowned King Emperor of Ethiopia and the Lion of Juda. This was it for the Rasta, they saw it as the Saviour and the Avatar mentioned in the old stories as well as the man in question was claimed to be the direct descendant of Solomon and Sheba. And also of Moses.

http://www.thehempire.com/index.php/can ... and_rastas

http://sadhurasta.yolasite.com/sadhus.php

LEGALIZE EET!

RASC will not approve of this knowing that the real rastas are Indian

[K74T]

[brainchild]

Actually Christopher Columbus brought it to the New World(wasn't illegal then remember)....it got to Europe via Africa and India though.

[matthewmazda]

courtesy pioneer

this made my afternoon

[cinco]

so seein as we bring it
BLAZE IT on monday