UNESCO has decided: reggae becomes "heritage of humanity"

The special committee of the organization, meeting in Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, stressed the strength of this music for international awareness "on the issues of injustice, resistance , of love and humanity, not only to the most famous of his Bob Marley, who introduced to the world the characteristic groove that evokes reggae, but many other giants of the genre, such as Peter Tosh. For UNESCO, reggae "contributed to the international debate on injustice, resistance, love and humanity, highlighting the dynamics of the white element, which is at once cerebral, socio-political, sensual and spiritual. ".

The Caribbean rhythms born in the late sixties were then extended to thousands of forms and structures arriving in different socio-cultural areas, influencing customs, combining marijuana use with meditation and a prayer aid in the Rastafarianism, the main Jamaican religious religion, to cross the boundaries of the small island and to influence many musical domains, especially punk and rap, in Britain and the United States.