The term DEVOTEE OF HAILE SELASSIE, INFORMALLY can be summarized as a RASTA, which is a five-letter word. Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, following the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. Rastas are devoted followers of Haile Selassie and consider him to be the returned messiah of the Bible. They also believe in the spiritual power of cannabis, which they use for religious purposes.