Rastafarian:Rastafari Wife Swap ABC
Rastafarian:Rastafari Wife Swap ABC – Rastafarian is the talk of the day,because on this week’s episode of Wife Swap, on ABC,a Rastafarian mom Jana Vallone swaps lives with a money-minded mom Katrina Martin.Here is what went down on the episode.
The Vallone family of Florida consists of wife Jana, husband Jason, and their four children. The four children are seven year old Ezekiel, five year old Shashamane, four year old Malachi, and two year old Sheba. While the Vallone family might not have a large amount in their bank account, they live a life rich in karma.
Instead of working a regular nine-to-five job, Jason sings in a reggae band. Jana home-schools the children and teaches them the principles of ONE LOVE. The Vallone family believes that Jah will provide, and they often take trips to the beach.
The Martin family of Texas consists of wife Katrina, ex-marine Troy, and their three daughters. The three daughters are sixteen year old Allyson, fifteen year old Charlene, and nine year old Emily. The Martin family value good financial management and set financial goals. The three daughters all have chores that they must complete each day.
In the first week of the swap, Jana Vallone is surprised by all the chores that the Martin family girls have to do. On the other hand, Katrina Martin is equally surprised to see the Vallone family children doing whatever they want. In the second week of the swap, Jana attempts to show Troy that happiness comes from giving, while Katrina sends Jason to work at a job. The Vallone kids also get to experience public school for the first time.
That’s all we have for now,on Rastafarian:Rastafari Wife Swap ABC.
Sherri | Nov 2, 2008 | Reply
The father/husband is a BUM,plain and simple hiding behind a religion. This is not just my thought, but the opinion of a couple of friends who really live the lifestyle.
ragga | Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
Just a quick comment from a personal friend of Jason (Jahson) from wifeswap. I knew this would happen. I actually was worried about it. The show definitely picks out the best and worst of each personality and exploits the heck out of it. In watching the show, I’d agree with you and others who may believe he’s a bum. The show depicts him as a bum and they don’t show how hard he actually works. They had that plan from the beginning im sure. Its all about polar opposites and drama. I wish they went further into Rastafari and what it’s all about. I know plenty rastas who work really hard to make it. They may not have much money, but can still be rich in life. I know plenty people with a ton of money but live like sufferers. Miserable, complaining all the time, cheating on their wives and neglecting their children. The show got stuck on a few cliches that painted an ugly picture of Jason. Jah will provide. They made it look like he was sitting around waiting for handouts all day. Jah provides opportunities, and jah provides me drive and determination to go after those opportunities. Theirs no rasta (law) against hard work. Thats the way i see it. I can fill my jar and believe Selassie is the king of kings. Selassie never told people to freeload. I think people get confused by seeing rasta on tv or in movies, or in jamaica in the hills living off the land, farming. Have you ever been a farmer? Thats hard work, and jah provides if you til the soil. plant the seed and keep it watered. Nurture it. Work. Jason is probably one of the best husbands and fathers I’ve known. He’s honest, hardworking and loves his family and friends more than anything. He works hard and has the drive to become a singer in a reggae band. He’s planting the seed, tilling the soil and soon he will be rewarded. Some may not see working as a musician as work. But they shouldn’t judge him on what they saw. It’s television. Do you believe everything you see on tv? I hope not!
Oh, and Janna. Thought you were awesome with the other family. Those girls should never forget you. Good works.
Bless.
SORRY IF MY POST IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. I’m trying to work and post this at the same time.
Later….
Matt | Nov 6, 2008 | Reply
Jason (Jahson) is a huge loser, I’ll bet that he comes from a rich background. He needs to get a job and stop relying on “Ja”. I’ll bet that this couple sells pot to make ends meet instead of making an honest living. If these losers went to Jamaica they would get their lilly white a**** thrown out. Jason and Janna Suck! Wake up to reality, your kids are getting a worse education than public school (if that’s possible) and sleeping on a dirty mattress. Step up Losers!
Brian | Nov 7, 2008 | Reply
Ok, so I watched this and I am a western minded white anglo-american. However, I do love reggae music and my love of it prompted me to read a lot about it early on. When I watched this I was just thinking that true Rastafari must be absolutley appaled by this guy who claims to represent Jah. First of all, he is white which is fine, except that one of the core principles of Rasta is the idea of afro-centrism and that the Bible was corrupted by whites and “Babylon”. This is not a racist concept, simply an evolution of a black culture and religion that grew out of a very specific community. Furthermore, at one point he takes money from the family funds jar to go have a beer, true Rastafari do not drink at all because alcohol was created out of Babylon, and is corrupt and poisoning. I hope that people don’t watch this and think that Jason is at all a representative of Rasta culture, anymore than that crazy fat “God-Warrior” was a representative of Christianity. It does make for good television though. If Jason truly wants to live the life of a Rasta then he should move his family to Jamaica where he will not have the option of constant hot and cold running water and excess. Also, he is a terrible parent for not educating his children, if he doesnt want Babylon to do it, then he needs to do it himself.
dawn | Nov 7, 2008 | Reply
blessings to Jason and his lovely wife Jana and his really beautiful children. It’s a given the whole point of the show is to cause drama and find opposites, my husband and i joke about what they’d match us up with (we’re interracial) anyhow, we looked past the false drama and what Jason was saying. I admire that Jana runs her home and spends time being a wife and mom and that Jason provides, not many traditional couples anymore and they should be proud. Jah does provide, all ways, always. We’re Christian but believe much of what rasta says. PS I love Ezekiel’s dreadies, my son sports the locks and i look forward to them being as nice as “Zekes’” Bless up.
Muhammad | Nov 9, 2008 | Reply
I’ve met the Vallone family and I would not say I agree 100% with the way they conduct life. I know as parents Jason and Jana have nothing in mind but the best for their children. I do not agree with their religious ways, but know they care more about their family than most mothers and fathers. The show of course focused on the bad but not the good. They are a good family with great care and love. JAH RASTAFARI!
hippeh | Nov 9, 2008 | Reply
are you serious some of you people are kinda ignorant he has love for his family and friends the religion states that anyone is entitled to particapate in it ,oh …me i am on the computer working and then a friend turned on the tv ,guess what America for people who really are devoted to having an honest working lifstyle and over laying a religion just to prove a point unlike what im do ,see im correcting you as you have your opinion i just simply wont lie thought it and blinly makeit ,see as you come home from your honest job you sit down to wathc tv about a family that gets exploited or is it that you watch it cause youve become bored with life and angery life is driven by that soul of true spirits if you love to judge wait till you are judged okay it is better to believe in some thing then to believe in nothing
” digg that man ,
cause i aint going to listen to the sound of your (bitching) band ”
once a rasta alway the true path though the journey to the end of life ,Digg
myspace.com/goodcharletisbadass
Loooal | Nov 28, 2008 | Reply
It seems like the more people who type about Rastafari are wannabe Rasta’s, who make themselves come off ignorant the more they type.
“oh noes, the shows editing made it seem like he was a bum”
The show certainly didn’t make him say the things he said. The show didn’t make him wear the clothing he wears or proclaim his religion. The guy just let the flood gate that is his mouth – open to the world.
That’s great that he cares about his family and doesn’t live for materialism, but he should not use Rasta as an excuse for EVERYTHING. You are alive, get up and physically do something with your life! Especially when you have children.
Ragga | Dec 3, 2008 | Reply
First off rasta is not religion, its a culture and a faith. And Selassie says, “No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.” The guy works construction. Been painting every morning round 6am after he feeds and takes care of his kids. He’s not a bum in the least bit. The show doesn’t show that because it wouldn’t be as dramatic. What u dont see is the instigator standing in the room picking and pulling at every angle to cause drama. I know since the instigator came to my house, In my studio.
Its drama, television, not even reality tv. JUST DRAMA. Do u really think reality tv is reality. Just look at the commercial advertising sold during the show. Its so planned its rediculous. But anyways, u don’t know him so think what u want.
Judge not.
Paul | Dec 5, 2008 | Reply
Well, he is a bum if his first instinct is to take every last cent in the home to selfishly drink away immediately rather than buying some food so he doesn’t have to mooch off of his friends just to feed his children–not a very good example to set for said children. Oh wait, I forgot that was because the “instigator” told him to do that because it would make for good television… *rolls eyes*
The sheer number of mis-spelled words in some of these posts defending him do nothing to advance any positive image of him, those posters, or the Rastafarian lifestyle they’re attaching themselves to. They only show the fact that there’s a severe lack of education there that should be addressed–wait, are you guys this bum’s under-educated children posting here on the sly? Or, better yet, you’re probably the bum himself and all of these spelling errors show us why you think your children are being educated just fine at home…
No matter what your religion, when you have children it’s time to grow up and realize that your life isn’t ALL ABOUT YOU ANYMORE! Maybe it’s time YOU provided FOOD for your CHILDREN instead of BEER for YOURSELF and stopped waiting for “Jah” (i.e., everyone else) to provide for them…
TREA | Dec 13, 2008 | Reply
Some people on this bulletin are so clueless it isn’t funny! Rastafarian is NOT a religion. It’s a lifestyle and a faith. There is a difference. Since so of you keep throwing education into the mix of reseach that and learn something. Oh and by the way the way the economy is now education actually wouldn’t do anyone any good. There are people with BA’s and further educated than that and are currently now unemployed. So the education that this country emphasises so much means nothing. There are ways to be educated without going to someones classroom. But unless you actually turn off your tv’s and cell phones and pick up a real book you’d even know. Leave the man and his family alone and worry about what’s really to come in this world and try to prepare yourself for that, instead of bashing a man that you know nothing about but what some show tells you. But then your probably the same people to rely on the media to tell you what’s going on in the world too. Get a life.
And oh yeah just FYI…”JAH” is not a person persay…it’s just different way of say “GOD”
Learn something before you post about it please it really makes certain people on here sound ignorant.
chris | Jan 23, 2009 | Reply
“Ya dont have fi dread to be rasta.” – morgan heritage. there are so many interpretations. rastafarianism is not a very strict religion. take what you want from it. Its supposed to be guidelines to make u a better person. Just as any religion. correct?
Ibrahim Carmine | Jan 23, 2009 | Reply
The Rastafarian lifestyle is much less o a joke then the christian, mulslim or jewish lifestyle. All the christian bums should stop waiting for Jesus to make their lives better. The Rasta lifestyle is pretty much the only non “athiest” religion I’ve encountered, perhaps along with Buddhism. Before people attack the Rasta lifestyle or a white man who chooses to live the Rasta lifestyle, they should examine their own absurd beliefs.
brandi | Jan 23, 2009 | Reply
“Jahson” has some pretty damn straight teeth. I bet his parents don’t agree with the way his is raising his kids!!
mamatafari | Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
wow. so much hatred for people who know so little about the spiritual beliefs of RastafarI.
It is not a religion- it is a spiritual belief-where we believe in Jah (God) and His Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie. Some see as Jah, some as a prophet.
There are many houses of RastafarI: Twelve Tribes, Bobo Shanti, Nyabhinghi etc.
Most Rastas are vegetarian/vegan, and many do not drink alcohol. Not all-many. And not because it was created by ‘babylon,’ but because our body is our temple. And we must watch what we put into it.
We don’t take from it what we want. We follow Jah’s laws from the old testament, we don’t cut our hair, nor do we shave it, as our hair is our strength. Just as Sampson found that he lost his strength when we cut it.
Most Rastas follow the belief that we have to help others, and so you find many of us working in the service sector field. Many are educated and many are not. What does education have to do with anything?
There are TRUE Rastas of all colours all around the world. Haile Selassie said ‘judge not by the colour of a man’s skin.’
Also, this was only 20 minutes (maybe) that you saw of one man. That’s not reality. That’s created “reality.”
And this family would be completely taken in in Jamaica. Not kicked out.
p.s. Rastas can be found all over the world. That doesn’t mean that they are less spiritual.
krista | Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
I hardly ever watch tv, but this show caught my eye. Wife Swap is laughingly obvious with their matches and for me, seeing beautiful dreadlocks on tv was enough to win me over.
anyone know the band that Jason is in?
Elizabeth | Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
Wow, where to start? The only value in education is not how much money you can earn because of it, although over a lifetime (not just in times of economic difficulties) educated people generally make more than those with less education. However, education is also valuable as a way of learning about oneself and others, finding one’s place in the world, building a meaningful life, and being able to contribute to the world.
(BTW, there’s no such word as “persay.” I think you mean “per se.”)
As far as the Rastifarian family depicted on “Wife Swap,” I’m sure it’s possible that the picture we were given was slanted. On the other hand, the father did come off as a freeloading layabout. I was not surprised to find that the supposedly rigid ex-Marine father was more open to change than the Rasti dad. My concern is for the Rasti children–sure, it’s a fun time, but when they grow up, what opportunities will be available for them to pursue given what seems to be the very slapdash education they are receiving? Basically, I think they might grow up and be very angry with their parents for the lifestyle they’ve been living.
Just surfing through | Jan 24, 2009 | Reply
I believe about 2% of that show. Jason and Jana’s home appears to be colourful and lively. The children were constantly engaging with their father. Although I know nothing about the Rasta lifestyle, I saw a happy, healthy looking family; and a father who appears to have more love going on with his kids than the average father. I agree with a former poster who said that the show just picks at the worst of everything to create drama that will entice viewers. The show is amusing, but certainly we all know that it does not truly represent the people who appear in it.
Bookworm51485 | Jan 25, 2009 | Reply
I’m a carribean girl, know lots of Jamaicans in my life, and I will tell you, that ‘Jah will provide’ crap is just being used as an excuse to be lazy. I’m sorry, but there’s no reason that his kids should not have beds to sleep in. There’s no reason that a 5 year old shouldn’t be able to read, that 4 kids shouldn’t be in school when their mother CLEARLY doesn’t know how to properly home-school them, especially when you could see that they loved it. People can makes excuses all they want, but those people should NOT have children. There’s only so much that a show can twist things, if something is THERE it’s there. I really don’t care if the kids seem happy, if you let a kid do whatever they want they’ll be plenty happy but it doesn’t mean it’s what they NEED. Child Services needs to go in there, because there is clearly something wrong in that family and those kids CLEARLY need to be with people who will actually care for their needs, not neglect and abuse them and fill their heads with nonsense.
Bookworm51485 | Jan 25, 2009 | Reply
Sorry to tell you Ragga, but Rastafari is considered a Religion, as well as a culture
Rick | Jan 28, 2009 | Reply
Dear Ragga
Please email me, I saw the show and live in
Jax FL and would like to meet Jason. I own a non-profit organization, and I would like jason and his family to join.
Rick@AverageatBest.com
mrhanky | Mar 22, 2009 | Reply
This guy is a complete loser! What a jerk to put his poor family through that kind of life. (Not being a believer in rasta but as in getting a f@#$’in job and being a man) I want to punch him right in the face. He’d be better off in a coma than making his wife,kids and this planet worse off than it already is.
Waste of human skin………
mrhanky
Doc chiney man soundsystem international | Apr 18, 2009 | Reply
Jah bless de phamily of Jahson and idren, dem live positively innna de mists of evil an greed, Rastafari is a positive force, him family engage inna positive liviy and that is not offered innna dis ya amerikan kulture very often, thru love and propper nutrition hes offfering plenty light and guidance to children therefore making de world a betta plaice to liv, hail up to the rasta phamily evrytime and nuf blessings to them and all who praise and send love without knowing them, them posotivity is contagious.]
Joro doc chiney i
Nikki | Sep 6, 2009 | Reply
hey Guys…
this picture sound so real!
I love it!
could you tell me if there is a cd of your music on the market.thank you.
peace and love for you both and your charming children.
nikki.
SangelE | Sep 29, 2009 | Reply
There are many of you that need to rise up! awaken! Judge not or you will be judged! Treat others how you would want to be treated! This family is blessed! It takes courage and strength to enter the kingdom, but most of all, purity of heart…and charity….This family probably helped my family out more than any of you could help your immediate family….Jahson is a divine king and Jana is a divine queen and together they have the most kind, lovely children, who will do great things for the world because they are actually putting positive energy into them instead of dropping them off @ daycare from 6 am-6 pm so you can buy stuff you don’t need…wake up America…be a part of the problem or part of the solution-
Landry Jackson | Sep 30, 2009 | Reply
What’s the name of the band, I’d love to check them out.
cryste | Oct 1, 2009 | Reply
The show edited ALOT of things to make it dramatic…this rasta family is my biological family, though I am not “Rasta” I am much more “like” the other family. Again a lot was edited…he DID have a job besides his band, a painter. He is always busy to provide for his family. He is NOT a bum in any sense. They are the Most un-materialistic people I KNOW with the biggest hearts for mankind. I WISH I could be more like them! They LIVE the bible life!
srabel | Oct 14, 2009 | Reply
Ok, I watched this episode and it has bothered me ever since. There is no money for food, the kids can’t read – seriously, are the kids still there because they probably shouldn’t be! Every child is entitled to an education and a good meal at night. Not knowing where the food is coming from, not OK!This episode still to this day bothers me! And I DO BELIEVE IN ONE LOVE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN!
Jerry | Oct 28, 2009 | Reply
Im watching this now and this guy is such a poser. Jah jah jah or whatever. Im so sick of hearing this moron say it. Ge sounds stupid. Jah will provide? lol. Wait till his kids possibly have a medical problem and he has no money or insurance. Who is going to pay? Jah? I dont think so, the taxpayers will!
Grow up and get job you bum…
Glenda | Oct 28, 2009 | Reply
What an annoying idiot. It I had to hear “rastafari” as many times as Katrina had to I would have punched him in the mouth. He needs to get a clue and get over himself. If you were going to make it in the music business then he would have by now. Playtime is over, it’s time to get real and get a job. At the end of the show they were moving to a new home, was that because of eviction??? Probably so. When you choose to have children to choose the responsibility of providing for them. His way of thinking is great if you live in a tree and are a Keebler elf, but he lives in the real world. Does he really provide for his family or does he rely on taxpayers to provide for his family?
bif | Oct 30, 2009 | Reply
I don’t care what religion, non-religion, belief system or whatever this guy has, he’s a loser, plain and simple. Anyone that treats his kids like that, making them live in filth and ignorance not knowing where their next meal is coming from is a loser and a child abuser. I wonder how much her spends on weed each week? Or does “Jah” provide it for him free of charge? If I was around him and he kept saying ‘rastafarrrrr!’ at the end of each sentence like he did on the show I’d punch him right in the face.