Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association was formed in 2014. Rastafari Rootz Fest germinated out of that formation. The decrimalization of Ganja and acceptance officially by government of Rastafarian as a religion also pave the way for it..
Ras IyahV birth name Verald Vassell the face and the man behind Rastafari Rootzfest and first chairman of Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association WHAGFA) said the Fest is a celebration of rasta culture and exposure of the culture to the World. In a Jamaica Gleaner interview Ras Iyah V, told The Gleaner, The festival is not only speaking to ganja, but acts as a platform that we use to address the issues of injustice, gender discrimination, and the rights of indigenous people.
At the Fest there are lots of different speakers on various topics primarily about Rasta Culture and Ganja. Speakers such as professor Charles Nessen from Harvard law School, many local academics and local Rasta Leaders.
The first year HighTimes Magazine partner with the fest. Since that I have not seen any like HighTimes. However it roll on with local and other sponsors
This year the festival celebrate its 5th year in existence and IyahV is celebrating it by booking one of the most popular reggae cultural artist in Jamaica currently . His name is Crannixx. Some of his most popular works are Smile Jamaica, Here Comes Trouble, Capture Land just to name a few of his big hits. The festival also over the years have produce surprise.. I dont know if there are any surprise this year. However one big surprise some years ago was the first Cannabis Wedding in Jamaica at the Rootzfest.
Westmoreand Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association (WHAGFA) will have a booth at the festival for the three days. Farmers will be meeting and greeting at our booth you are all welcome to. We are going to try and make sure our booth fit in the 5 year celebration mode of the festival. We are working on some offering for your ReggaeSteemers...
Below are pictures from previous Rootzfes:
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Awesome. Y'all got Chronixx performing there this year..!
One of my favorite Jamaican Artist.
I wish i could make it...
Good luck!
Beautiful interesting images that can already express more freely about cannabis in Jamaica because its use is really cultural I loved the image of the wedding cannabis greetings ..
Let me know if anything cool is happening the week of the 11th to the 18th.
#weedcash would be a good tag to use here. Tagging Reggaesteem is redundant if you are posting on Reggaesteem 😺
ReggaeSteem will going to collaborate with these kind of Reggae Festivals. Stay blessed brother.@miyard, Hope that in future
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<table><tr><td><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/60x70/http://steemitboard.com/@miyard/posts.png?201912071421" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/60x70/http://steemitboard.com/@miyard/posts.png?201912071421 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://steemitimages.com/60x70/http://steemitboard.com/@miyard/posts.png?201912071421 2x" /><td>You published more than 60 posts. Your next target is to reach 70 posts. <p dir="auto"><sub><em>You can view <a href="https://steemitboard.com/@miyard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the <a href="https://steemitboard.com/ranking/index.php?name=miyard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Steem Ranking<br /> <sub><em>If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word <code>STOP <p dir="auto">To support your work, I also upvoted your post! <h6><a href="https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=steemitboard&approve=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!Cannabis wedding. That is a surprise. Good idea, thats a good product to market.
Cool event, Chronixx on the line up so is like you don't even need a surprise LOL
But I am guessing Protoje and others will show up.
Miyard, did you get my email on your gmail
considering "room for a month" or longer..?
Greetings
Luca