“LOCS is, of course, his hair, a SACRED and inalienable part of his identity. It defines his status. The longer his locs, the GREATER his standing as a professor of the FAITH. He affectionately calls his hair his CROWN, comparing it to the real crown of his KING, Selassie, and sometimes to the mane of the LION, a symbol of male STRENGTH". (Barry Chevannes, Rastafari: Roots and Ideology)