Most Rastafarians are pacifists and would tend to avoid military duty. Most Rastafarians do not cut their hair and wear it in long braids, called dread locks, symbolic of a lion's mane and strength. Women are required to wear skirts or dresses, no pants, and keep their heads covered in public. Also, the term 'dread' used by the Rastafarians denotes the irreconcilable point seen to exist between Rastafarians and authority systems, especially authority systems headed by white people. Rastafarians are very evangelical among fellow black people and most recruitment is by word of mouth.
Reggae music is very popular and influenzas many young adults.
Although Marcus Garvey was considered a leader among Black people, he is not regarded as a leader by Jamaican Rastafarians-i.e. Roger Bernhard, 1982. unpaged. A Way of Life. Dread, The Rastafarians of Jamaica.