Ras tfari
Jamaica = Babylon Ethiopia = Zion
Revolution movements characteristics
Often nativist and nationalist Millenarian and apocalyptic Messianic Reactionary Prophetic Often anti colonial Syncretistic Cause by deprivation
Staged of fomation
1 Steady state 2 increased individual/social stress 3 cultural distortion 4 period of revitalization 5 new steady state
Masada
Choose a path of contortion ( zealots )
Zapatista
Uprising ( Chiapas mexica 1994) was secular Mayan revitalization movement
Examples of revitalization movements
The ghost dance overdrew would cause a buffalo head and ancestor to revive
Cargo cult ritual attack colonial powers for holding back cargo
Serpent handlers fundamentalist protestant they handled poisonous snakes and drink strychnine