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What does this mean????????
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:22 pm
by marianne
what does chalwa or ilie mean? smoke chalwa or smoke ilie (sorry i don't know how to spell it)
and can you tell me where do these words originated from?
Re: What does this mean????????
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:00 pm
by Ites
Cannot answer fully to this, as far as I know 'chalwa' is the pipe, another word for 'chalice'. Or smoke a little 'oily', or 'I-ly' as the rastas say, meaning oil-hash. But where the word 'chalwa' or 'chalawa' originates from, I haven't got a clue
Re: What does this mean????????
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:52 pm
by dreadrecords
ites deh
fe wa me konw
"chalwa" is the pipe for shure and "ilie" is herb
so "i put a likkle ilie in me chalwa"
respect everytime
dreadrecords
Re: What does this mean????????
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:49 pm
by plunkstar
Chalawa is a creolized Indian word ( just as : callaloo, ganzie, kali, ganja). Indian indentured laborers have had a big influence on afro Jamaican culture, as they shared many yards.
Ilie is the "I"- version of Kali ( ganja). Kali being the fierce black goddess, became synonemous with ganja.(callie/collie).
Around the 1950's a new more militant group arose among the young Rastafari of Jamaica and they started using "I"-words in order to distinguish themselves from those who spoke the Queen's english. I-ppa ( pepper) I-llaloo ( callaloo), I-rites ( joyfull/upfull spirit) etc etc.
Dread out!
Re: What does this mean????????
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:47 pm
by marianne
thank you all
Re: What does this mean????????
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:57 am
by Amie
fe ?
Re: What does this mean????????
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:01 pm
by Ites
Fe... what??