ital
/ˈɪtal
/noun [mass noun]
(In Rastafarian culture) organically grown vegetarian food, cooked without salt: some herb, some ital, some music, that was all I needed to live in unity and peace and love [as modifier]: ital vegetables growing in the kitchen garden...
- ‘People can expect to eat real ital food while they enjoy the music as well,’ he says excitedly.
- Like many traditional dishes, there seems to be a variety of ways to prepare ital rundown (the non-ital kind involves pickled herring).
- ‘Ital is vital’ best summarizes the Rastafarian belief that pure food from the earth is the most physically and spiritually beneficial.
Origin
From I (used by Rastafarians to signify value) + vital or vittle.