What does this mean????????

[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?

[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

[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

[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!

[marianne]

thank you all

[Amie]

fe ?

[Ites]

Fe... what??