the restrictions of Kashrut). I man is the inner person within each Rastafari believer. Irie refers to positive emotions or feelings, or anything that is good. Specifically it refers to high emotions and peaceful vibrations. This is a phonetical representation of "all right". Ites derived from English "heights", means "joy" and also the colour "red". It can also be short for "Israelites". Itesquake replaces "earthquake". Irator replaces "creator", and Iration replaces "creation". Idren or Bredren and Sistren refer to the oneness of Rastafari and are used to describe one's peers (male – "bredren", female – "sistren"). Itinually replaces continually. It has the everlasting/everliving sense of I existing continuously. Inity replaces "unity", demonstrating a general pattern of replacing "you" and similar sounds with "I". Iya (higher): Rastafari vocabulary is full of references to the "iya man", "stepping higher and higher", etc. It is not a reference to the "high" normally associated with cannabis, but to stepping into higher realms of reality, as in higher awareness. Iya is also used to refer to a friend. As in "Yes Iya", or "Cool (no) Iya". Iyaric is the self-applied term for Rastafari language. It is formed by a combination of Iya (higher) and Amharic, the language spoken by Haile Selassie I. Other terms for Iyaric include I-talk, Livalect, and Wordsound. Iwa replaces "time" or more accurately, "hour": "Inna this ya iwa." Other words Dreadlocks describes the locks commonly worn among Rastas, now universally called dreadlocks in English. The 'dread' component refers to the fear of the Lord, as well as the fear inspired when Rastas first began to grow locks in the 1940s in Jamaica. To Rastas, dreadlocks can be a deeply spiritual part of their identity. The Nazirite vow in the Torah and the story of Samson are commonly cited: "And she made a vow, saying, 'O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head'." . Rastas see this as the most natural way to grow one's hair, as well as a symbol of defiance of Rome and Babylon. Dreads can refer to the dreadlocks, or to those who wear them. Because the latter sense of the word is a synonym for