Gallinas

Mia Sogoba 9 décembre 2018

Categories: Ethnies

Les Gallinas sont un petit sous-groupe des Vais de Sierra Leone et du Libéria.

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"Triptychs allow me to deconstruct the space and rebuild it again in a new way, more poetic and odd [...], opening up a crossing from one world to another, between the spirit world and earth". ― Jean-Claude Moschetti

[Series: "Magic on Earth", #SierraLeone's Hunting Societies] https://t.co/h1PpfBk0OX

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When Nature Speaks ...

― Atam (Bakor) Masquerade, Alok Village, Nigeria.
― Ekpe (Efik) Masquerade: Calabar South, Nigeria

[Phyllis Galembo's photographic series, "West African Masquerade" https://t.co/pWoF9b1iiF] https://t.co/W5MNpg3tHU

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This beautifully-featured 'protective' Baga/Nalu shrine sculpture (A-Tshol, Elëk, or Ma-Tshol) is a composite of man and long-beaked bird, the intermediate between human and spirit worlds. Antelope horns, holding medicine, are traditionally placed in its sculpted hollows. https://t.co/xZBaTi5MUq

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Next up on our reading list:

"Bram Posthumus's absorbing "Guinea: Masks, Music and Minerals" is an edifying book for anyone wanting to explore the interplay between geopolitics, economics, and culture in this beautiful but beleaguered nation." — The Times Literary Supplement https://t.co/eVklzHRO20

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When Ancestral Spirits Rise ...

["The Prophesy": divine admonition in light of #WestAfrica's now fragile environment ― from Dakar's ecologically-challenged Hann Bay to fire-prone Tambacounda and the Mbeubeuss landfill ― #Senegal-based photographer Fabrice Monteiro/ @ecofundorg] https://t.co/x4V23X2POq

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Lines in the Sand ...

[Table de divination "du Renard Pâle" au Pays Dogon / Dogon "Pale Fox" Divination. #Mali. Photography: Cynthia Jurs] https://t.co/aD9ZeRbz06

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