Ital

Ital or I-tal (pronounced "eye'-tall") is food often celebrated by those in the Rastafari movement. It is mandatory in the Nyabinghi mansion though not in The Twelve Tribes of Israel or Remi mansions. The word derives from the English word "vital", with the initial syllable replaced by i. This is done to many words in the Rastafari vocabulary to signify the unity of the speaker with all of nature. Rastafarians derive their beliefs and morality from intense personal meditations and prayer, and therefore there is no single dogma of Rastafarian belief. Due to this emphasis on individual personal meditation in Rastafari, the expression of Ital eating varies widely from Rasta to Rasta, and there are few universal "rules" of Ital living.