The Dogon: From The Nile Valley Of Eastward Africa To The Kingdom Of Mali Inward Westward Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcT9_IsuYWkMDDiMnUVseJk46r6n_1wgoPjrFgQJc2ULhNqih_j1rPGFW_SR_acqjAcg5FV1JDG_vr3gS3iFVBaowmNcGkGQ28sVmkFYqB1Kps5EyfWiviBzVnn3CYwZ9ZYlwYNdMvXs/s1600/Dogon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcT9_IsuYWkMDDiMnUVseJk46r6n_1wgoPjrFgQJc2ULhNqih_j1rPGFW_SR_acqjAcg5FV1JDG_vr3gS3iFVBaowmNcGkGQ28sVmkFYqB1Kps5EyfWiviBzVnn3CYwZ9ZYlwYNdMvXs/s1600/Dogon.jpg" width="217" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dogon of Africa</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> The Dogon, an ancient people inwards Africa, are mainly populated inwards the modern nations of Republic of Mali together with Burkino Faso inwards West Africa, the epicenter of the historical <a href="http://vanessa-cross.suite101.com/medieval-warfare-between-ghana-and-mali-empires-a188811">medieval Republic of Mali Empire</a>. When western anthropologists offset began to written report Dogon civilization they were baffled at the group's advanced noesis of the universe. They were specifically astonished at their intricate agreement of the Sirius planetary organization (<i>Alpha Canis Majoris</i>)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">.</span></span><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> Historical commentators believe that the Dogon's cosmological lore goes dorsum thousands of years to at to the lowest degree 3200 BC, during the pre-dynastic historic menstruation of <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=queen-tiye" target="_blank">ancient Egypt</a>, of the Kemet-Nubian line of piece of employment solid unit of measurement grouping of the Nile Valley region. Is it solely a coincident that the Dogon's oral history includes an eastern migration storey prior to their settling inwards the Bandiagara Plateau region, close the Southern border of the Sahara desert betwixt the 13th together with 16th centuries?<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD57j5xVEefCTWxYC9AqZES9htj2DkkRRpg2Kj6jyLZde6ewZSKIpQeZla-uUQFrD34TR7CCqy2LCBTeBdZlqY1i-T65rtRjxIDDDlD0K4TYkWg_A5mIyF5C8CshYS-ZUg_imZCaVLmsA/s1600/Map+of+Dogon+Mali+Burkina+Faso+Region.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD57j5xVEefCTWxYC9AqZES9htj2DkkRRpg2Kj6jyLZde6ewZSKIpQeZla-uUQFrD34TR7CCqy2LCBTeBdZlqY1i-T65rtRjxIDDDlD0K4TYkWg_A5mIyF5C8CshYS-ZUg_imZCaVLmsA/s400/Map+of+Dogon+Mali+Burkina+Faso+Region.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dogon Astronomy together with Cosmology</span></b><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFIoIqWwF-rz4I_1VGwB4NytAFg5mq1FkfumXLNvsuw63e-kIxe-ziPtsp0RxITdJdJe9CYEozZvhXyjfH29HxY-Zh6AlcPxZ5lmTTc4r7pxFVcLq0xIRgV8Ozk7pMVWbQ_VL6v-EmpY/s1600/sirius+canis+major+the+big+dog.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFIoIqWwF-rz4I_1VGwB4NytAFg5mq1FkfumXLNvsuw63e-kIxe-ziPtsp0RxITdJdJe9CYEozZvhXyjfH29HxY-Zh6AlcPxZ5lmTTc4r7pxFVcLq0xIRgV8Ozk7pMVWbQ_VL6v-EmpY/s1600/sirius+canis+major+the+big+dog.gif" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sirius B circles Sirius H5N1 similar the<br /> populace circles the Sun.</td></tr> </tbody></table> According to French anthropologist Marcel Graiule, writer of <i>Conversations With Ogotemmeli</i>, Dogon priests pick out kept a precise reading of the ebbs together with current of Canis Major planetary bodies. Sigi Tolo is the advert the Dogon give to the distant star Sirius, every bit good referred to every bit Sirius A. Po Tolo is the advert given to its smaller companion star, Sirius B. Keeping together with tracking cosmological together with astronomical noesis is business office of every seem of the Dogon's communal lives. In the 1960s, when Graiule studied the Dogon, he institute a social fellowship void of murder together with theft. It included an elderberry mediation procedure that resolved the disputes that arose inside Dogon communities -- addressing such issues every bit who has liability for damages when a man's caprine animal destroys belongings belonging to his neighbor.<br /> <br /> For thousands of years, Dogon social together with cultural systems were designed to recollect together with trek planetary bodies that pick out been after verified every bit right mapping. The Dogon gained this noesis without the exercise of physical telescopes. From documentary footage almost the Dogon, it appears that they dwell alongside the cliffs together with exercise the peaks of mount together with colina tops to anchor together with mensurate planetary movements, aided past times our pattern of rotation some the sun.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ30WTsnXuSuEVv9keNyZ7SahFh-3SEZCaKeKMLyqpxkZ-N7jf7s2bjxXkvHHKEclnW7F4PUPIThN9d5v6kk4OqI_OZBig9AHAQ8gm151MSzzXqtrykdhSqd6cDWlhtbLiiVwASnOPvX4/s1600/dogon_rite_of_passage2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ30WTsnXuSuEVv9keNyZ7SahFh-3SEZCaKeKMLyqpxkZ-N7jf7s2bjxXkvHHKEclnW7F4PUPIThN9d5v6kk4OqI_OZBig9AHAQ8gm151MSzzXqtrykdhSqd6cDWlhtbLiiVwASnOPvX4/s320/dogon_rite_of_passage2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Youth viewing Dogon stone drawings.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> For the Dogon, patterns together with symbols related to planetary noesis is embedded inwards rituals, architecture, sand drawings, etc. The Dogon are aware that Po Tolo (Sirius B) has a 50-year elliptical orbit some the super dense Sigi Tolo (Sirius A).  Knowledge of Sirius B was non discovered past times western astronomers until 1970 when photographed past times Irving Lindenblad of the USA Naval Observatory.<br /> <br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Nile Valley together with the Sirius Connection</span></b><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MMEPWUTdI3prIioaQqsKdsXLaxOoAAj71vRt15piDuXJH9BLKRbLQH6c3Rc6RcKr7vIzJcnbC38OVIKoReS5RHXbifK9bI4VwclGpRZZ4YI8uRwt3zeUMS_k_bBflNCm1iVHn6vkQ3U/s1600/orion.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MMEPWUTdI3prIioaQqsKdsXLaxOoAAj71vRt15piDuXJH9BLKRbLQH6c3Rc6RcKr7vIzJcnbC38OVIKoReS5RHXbifK9bI4VwclGpRZZ4YI8uRwt3zeUMS_k_bBflNCm1iVHn6vkQ3U/s320/orion.gif" width="237" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seen clearly inwards Africa, the Canis Major <br /> is i of Orion's bang-up hunting dogs<br /> (<i>See also</i> Canis Minor). </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> The <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=queen-tiye" target="_blank">Kemet</a> storey of Osiris together with Isis were developed together with recalled past times other Nile valley civilizations such every bit Nubia together with Kush -- all of which position the Sirius constellation organization every bit the domestic dog star (Canis Major), a manifestation of Anubu (aka Upuaut or "Opener of the Ways"; Greek: Anubis). In Nile valley creation stories, Anubu is a cardinal actor. He is likely best known for his purpose inwards the battle betwixt the brothers Set together with Osiris.<br /> <br /> When Set disassembles the trunk of his blood brother Osiris, Isis reassembles the trunk pieces together with delivers them to Anubu who performs embalming rites that convey Osiris dorsum to life. Anubu is every bit good associated with Osiris every bit his boy -- making him the blood brother of Horus (hour/time).<br /> <br /> Anubu is every bit good known alongside Nile valley civilizations every bit the i who protects together with guides the spirits of the dead across the waters (Nun) of the underworld (Duat or the Hall of Two Truths). Anubu reigned over the procedure of mummification together with embalming, leading the souls of the dead to the Hall of Two Truths for the proclamation of the <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=queen-tiye" target="_blank">42 Laws of Maat</a> and the weighing of the pump past times the goddess of constabulary together with justice, Ma'at.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_9BTi06q4GNGXUT194ewm6ySB6_QVhnOT6C1KsqymPW6B4iA7jMVF8hYrpwjs63NcNiGG3sNBBu2Xwgtnet1kr3FCVngkR3Q-UglFgYOfDyrR211drFkjNRohPikF2z3NgC8rJ1xsyg/s1600/anubis.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_9BTi06q4GNGXUT194ewm6ySB6_QVhnOT6C1KsqymPW6B4iA7jMVF8hYrpwjs63NcNiGG3sNBBu2Xwgtnet1kr3FCVngkR3Q-UglFgYOfDyrR211drFkjNRohPikF2z3NgC8rJ1xsyg/s320/anubis.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ancient icon representing Anubu (greek: Anubis / Canis Major).</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JxuHAvCyUf6nfoQVBN97xFm0SnX5Pju4GAAAAlrYaBRuA-ra6iG7Mkl3KCJaWfvCZAg0JPlMtiKJCmbQ__pj674tvoc55XkKFOftZEZ1PdwOzD8llDk8RO91ApCEh3knsQ5yVz5664Y/s1600/Anubu+Anubis+Anu-Nkian+Nommos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JxuHAvCyUf6nfoQVBN97xFm0SnX5Pju4GAAAAlrYaBRuA-ra6iG7Mkl3KCJaWfvCZAg0JPlMtiKJCmbQ__pj674tvoc55XkKFOftZEZ1PdwOzD8llDk8RO91ApCEh3knsQ5yVz5664Y/s1600/Anubu+Anubis+Anu-Nkian+Nommos.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image: Ancient Kmt icon representing Anubu / Anubis / Dog Star (right).</td></tr> </tbody></table> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nommo Cosmology together with the Dogon Creation Story</span></b><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jvlWc-c2peqgKmaShzkJ41TMjl4JEXwz8Z38txG0orHu7aM-wkARH6lfZf1g79VjPAcg-JIvp2QkcD0AN8NG0LHLTqHRUyZt2E0wplQfoJufH5dZR0AF9LMT0x9yyJNfdQ9krS7KaFA/s1600/Photo+of+Nommo+the+fish+God.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jvlWc-c2peqgKmaShzkJ41TMjl4JEXwz8Z38txG0orHu7aM-wkARH6lfZf1g79VjPAcg-JIvp2QkcD0AN8NG0LHLTqHRUyZt2E0wplQfoJufH5dZR0AF9LMT0x9yyJNfdQ9krS7KaFA/s320/Photo+of+Nommo+the+fish+God.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">An odd graffiti photographed past times <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwtaylor/30354128/lightbox/">Scotch Mist</a> in </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Edinburgh, Scotland (Creative Commons/Flickr).</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> The Dogon's creation storey has its source on Po Tolo (Sirius B). According to the Dogon, Nommo came from the Sirius star system, which is some 8.7 low-cal years away but withal vivid inwards our black sky. According to the creation story, the Nommo traveled to populace past times ark and, upon arrival, morphed into the 8 mythical human ancestors -- iv manful individual together with iv woman individual (<i>See also</i> Tehuti (aka Thoth), Ogdoad, Rebirth, Golden Age). Over time, the offset human ancestors mated together with birthed all of humanity. Even today, the Dogon pray to Nommo for rain, a prayer they tell was taught to them past times the Nommo. The Dogon pelting trip the low-cal fantastic is similar to that of the Native American and involves raising of hands, chanting together with making offerings.</div> </div>

The Dogon: From The Nile Valley Of Eastward Africa To The Kingdom Of Mali Inward Westward Africa

The Dogon of Africa The Dogon, an ancient people inwards Africa, are mainly populated inwards the modern nations of Republic of Mali together with Burkino Faso inwards West Africa, the epicenter…

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The Linguistic Communication Of Symbols Inwards Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojMk6qhhmHYS2ddxRavIsqsE4ZmtOu5Y0c5V0q8wUO_t5HHXLuIws94WtQhSEFs_xMwwBnrN7IUEOoEPDs6rMi_aBzQGrkwBf4HD_lGIHWzw-8ke38ETebuo2UgBuZDma9KVgMz6K6Ds/s1600/ANANSE+NTONTAN+spider+web+symbol+of+wisdom,+creativity+and+the+complexities+of+life+Ananse.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojMk6qhhmHYS2ddxRavIsqsE4ZmtOu5Y0c5V0q8wUO_t5HHXLuIws94WtQhSEFs_xMwwBnrN7IUEOoEPDs6rMi_aBzQGrkwBf4HD_lGIHWzw-8ke38ETebuo2UgBuZDma9KVgMz6K6Ds/s1600/ANANSE+NTONTAN+spider+web+symbol+of+wisdom,+creativity+and+the+complexities+of+life+Ananse.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spider spider web symbol for wisdom inwards West Africa, <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com/p/african-folktales.html" target="_blank">Ananse</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Symbols are visual keys that accept pregnant to people amongst a mutual heritage around a given symbol. The Gospel of Saint Philip states that "truth did non come upwards into the Earth naked, only it came inwards types too images. One volition non have the truth inwards whatever other way."<br /> <br /> Important iconic symbols arose inwards many human groups across the globe. The symbol was designed to communicate too exactly remind its viewer of concepts inwards the world. They may serve equally roadsigns, maps or instructionals for the viewer. Not surprisingly, symbols accept had a deep behavior upon on human psychology too spiritual life, relaying the intuitive wisdom of the ancients.<br /> <br /> In Africa, where tape of the oldest human communities lie, in that location are many tribal families that locomote symbols to tell stories too supply information, reminders too lessons. These symbols are considered sacred, too were primarily used inwards ceremonial too religious contexts. <br /> <br /> <b>EAST AFRICAN SYMBOLS </b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JXeQfAXA4COgABGMnA2sZS4eJH5_GdXfUb6q2xrzBG9nZk9oDM5LYyzOeAKYvVtp0kfxadMNCggvGRGxmsq97OSBhogkRykWrrXQzMM0r8NwxZdj7LzPD7tMhTgRjJV6xh4oPwdEzes/s1600/Isis+featured+on+ankh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JXeQfAXA4COgABGMnA2sZS4eJH5_GdXfUb6q2xrzBG9nZk9oDM5LYyzOeAKYvVtp0kfxadMNCggvGRGxmsq97OSBhogkRykWrrXQzMM0r8NwxZdj7LzPD7tMhTgRjJV6xh4oPwdEzes/s1600/Isis+featured+on+ankh.jpg" width="113" /></a></div> Among the oldest cast of surviving written script is a symbolic ane -- hieroglyphics, a mixture of symbols too signs. Some pictures inside a hieroglyphic may easily live recognizable to a viewer equally acts of humans or human-made objects. Some symbols select really specific pregnant that volition live unknown to an outsider who has non studied the pregnant of the epitome inside the context it was initially relayed. Other symbols inside hieroglyphic writing accept phonetic value. <br /> <br /> An of import symbol inwards ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics is the ankh, represented here. The ankh combines the symbols of Osiris (the T cross) too Isis (the oval) to symbolize immortality. Osiris too Isis -- blood brother too sister-- were the 2 earliest God too Goddess inwards <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=queen-tiye" target="_blank">ancient Egyptian</a> tradition. Isis is the start ancient Egyptian goddess to look inwards surviving East African cultural history. Isis represents the divine woman nurture too protector. She is equally good depicted inwards ancient Egyptian symbols equally a kite, a cast assumed to search for the dismembered trunk of her blood brother Osiris.  <br /> <br /> The patriarchal Christian cross borrowed it's iconography from the older ankh symbol, removing the woman individual Isis representation. The ancient Egyptian ceremonies often line gods ceremonially carrying the ankh, much similar the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians locomote the cross symbol inwards its processionals.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuiwN2sIyclrkV_e_Zktk105UDqDOIV2SIOS1X19-_aYDhDY1B9vETJjJdX6YVoXSbxw__VLdvyXWXBLzhnY6_YDKi-WRhGaCOuGe2uH6cERwC9BQzxkO-B1oMqCA7rxg1uYr5yRY51E/s1600/The+goddess+Isis+gives+pharaoh+Seti+I+breath+of+life,+in+the+form+of+an+ankh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuiwN2sIyclrkV_e_Zktk105UDqDOIV2SIOS1X19-_aYDhDY1B9vETJjJdX6YVoXSbxw__VLdvyXWXBLzhnY6_YDKi-WRhGaCOuGe2uH6cERwC9BQzxkO-B1oMqCA7rxg1uYr5yRY51E/s1600/The+goddess+Isis+gives+pharaoh+Seti+I+breath+of+life,+in+the+form+of+an+ankh.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The goddess Isis gives pharaoh Seti I breath of life, inwards the cast of an ankh </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Other Nile Valley symbols were the Sun disk too the pyramid. The winged-sun disk symbol represents the Sun god Ra. Ra rules the Sun too the skies, equally the creator of the world. The pharaohs (kings) honored Ra equally sons (suns) inwards their iconography. Ra is said to accept resided inwards Heliopolis, an ancient Egyptian city. The symbol for Ra too his attributes is the obelisk too the Sun rays. The pyramid represents some other of import East African symbol. The ancient Egyptians used the pyramids for initiations into the mystery schools, equally good equally homes for those who transcended through <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=queen-tiye" target="_blank">the duat</a>. It symbolizes the highest score of spiritual attainment, an ascent of the hierarchy of enlightenment. <br /> <br /> <b>WEST AFRICAN SYMBOLS</b><br /> <br /> There were equally good many symbols used inwards West Africa to select messages too values inside community. The Akan too the <a href="https://conaircurlingiron.blogspot.com//search?q=queen-tiye" target="_blank">Asante</a> tribes of West Africa both locomote Adinkra symbols. The symbols are constitute ofttimes inwards the West African Earth of Ghana. The symbols are incorporated into fabrics too on interior wall designs, or on pottery. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiK0YWuo0Td7cD5ptGSWFBpR39Vd5ypoWjWpMFid7_6j-kSPjBdOTfcRc8tr5Ah8TIUiEAUE9_TzzmKdSBQLFdxGuJdxpo1HfugRxScDVNeD1RLfRNwlySdibXvShIsVkMV9n4xhGgLo/s1600/Adinkra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiK0YWuo0Td7cD5ptGSWFBpR39Vd5ypoWjWpMFid7_6j-kSPjBdOTfcRc8tr5Ah8TIUiEAUE9_TzzmKdSBQLFdxGuJdxpo1HfugRxScDVNeD1RLfRNwlySdibXvShIsVkMV9n4xhGgLo/s1600/Adinkra.jpg" width="492" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvY-j4635HUUPgbjKa1l_ehzTbZLnseokS3pZ98_Nur3O7sXM0Q9bKRn-ilXAVrO2PZSEti5mi5W3bJTiOm9HGGgC9hyphenhyphen3MK1bOHPDy7xwybDRDofPdS6_at67NovfyB9ZmvrianYI0i8/s1600/fern+adinkra+symbol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvY-j4635HUUPgbjKa1l_ehzTbZLnseokS3pZ98_Nur3O7sXM0Q9bKRn-ilXAVrO2PZSEti5mi5W3bJTiOm9HGGgC9hyphenhyphen3MK1bOHPDy7xwybDRDofPdS6_at67NovfyB9ZmvrianYI0i8/s1600/fern+adinkra+symbol.jpg" width="118" /></a></div> Used ofttimes past times pre-colonial Ghanaian people, the Adinkra stamps were made from gourds too used to select of import concepts. These symbols may exhibit upwards inwards jewelry designs to select pregnant to those inside the civilization equally clearly equally phonetic text represents meaningful words to those who are native to European languages, such equally English. <br /> <br /> For example, inwards Republic of Ghana the aya or "fern" adinkra symbol represents endurance too resourcefulness. "An private who wears this symbol suggests that he has endured many adversities too outlasted much difficulty," states W. Bruce Willis inwards his mass <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966153219/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0966153219&linkCode=as2&tag=crosswriting-20&linkId=PXONJAD6SMPEL3VZ" target="_blank">The Adinkra Dictionary</a>. The aya represents a known West African works life that tin grow inwards hard places. It tin withstand dry out reason too various weather condition conditions too shortly came to correspond human perseverance inwards life. Among the Ghanaians, this is a symbol of hardiness, endurance too defiance.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJmZ5O7UJhr-oDbe_V5BwOAUkDokJMxMeshrBsZcAeI3CHFSXj7imErdQVQ4K8GcKUQS_8Rrz_NWUWE7rb3qNr9aMV3G2o8O0eg_MEEBM1KNiriRfuvtgT3_RY-NUJvJQa5ts6T6hghY/s1600/Adinkira+stamps+made+from+gourds+West+African+symbols+were+a+form+of+thought+or+conveyance+used+by+pre-colonial+Ghanaian+people+symbol+has+a+discrete+but+abstractive+meaning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJmZ5O7UJhr-oDbe_V5BwOAUkDokJMxMeshrBsZcAeI3CHFSXj7imErdQVQ4K8GcKUQS_8Rrz_NWUWE7rb3qNr9aMV3G2o8O0eg_MEEBM1KNiriRfuvtgT3_RY-NUJvJQa5ts6T6hghY/s1600/Adinkira+stamps+made+from+gourds+West+African+symbols+were+a+form+of+thought+or+conveyance+used+by+pre-colonial+Ghanaian+people+symbol+has+a+discrete+but+abstractive+meaning.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Africa’s rich too various artistic traditions vividly limited a spiritual sentiment of the world. The position out of symbolic systems inwards Africa is beyond this writer's capacity to fathom, based on the important cultural variety inside the African continent. Symbols may arise on masks too ornaments, inside architectural designs or inwards hairpieces too clothing. From East Africa to West Africa -- Southern Africa to Northern Africa -- the people of Africa accept a broad array of symbols waiting to live examined past times those interested inwards learning to a greater extent than well-nigh African history too its ancient, various cultural heritage.  </div>

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