Reggae is a popular music style that began in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly became the country's dominant music. It was based on ska, an earlier form of Jamaican popular music.By the 1970s, it had evolved into an international style, particularly popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Africa. It was widely regarded as the oppressed's voice. Rastafarians are monotheists who worship a single God known as Jah. The term "Jah" is a shortened version of "Jehovah," the name of God in English Old Testament translations. In Rastafari, "Zion" represents a utopian place of unity, peace, and freedom, as opposed to "Babylon," which represents the oppressive and exploitative system of the materialistic modern world and a place of evil. The corrupted, capitalist, colonial world that righteous believers are always trying to escape, according to the Rastafarian belief system that animates some forms of reggae, is referred to as Babylon. Raggae songs, like other types of music, are a way for artists to express themselves to the world and let others know how they feel. Reggae became popular as a form of music to uplift spirits over time. It is also used to celebrate.