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That's NOT a bow and arrow he is holding. It's a musical instrument ! Flickr member SAMM BENNETT has solved the mystery by providing this link in his comment posted way down below : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berimbau Please not that while the Brazilian version has the resonator gourd attached near the bottom of the bow, the "original" African version above has the gourd attached near the center. As Samm pointed out, this photo has been posted for a year and a half, and nobody realized (or at least mentioned) that this was a photo of an African musician with his unusual instrument. This is all very interesting. The first person who is savvy at uploading photos to the Wikipedia may do so for the article. Thanks, Samm ! ********************************************* From the descriptive text on the bcak of the photo : ".........Before us stands a proud Aristocrat from the Congo. Incomprehensible, we will learn from him only what he wants to tell us about himself and his people. His standing in tribal matters is high..... Dignity and self-assurance are his, and disdain is expressed in the easy grace with which he looks at us [ White men ]......" Good for him. I don't blame him. If he had been in the USA at the time this photo was taken, the KKK would probably have lynched and hung him for his unforgivable pride, and the disdain the text says he felt for the White Man. After all, in the USA, if a Black man looked down on the redneck Whites, that was worse than stomping on the Bible. I realize that in Africa today there are many trouble spots, with Africans killing Africans in sad and shameful wars. However, Europeans killing Europeans in like manner and worse, also fills the history books of endless ages. And don't even get me started on the Asians. No excuse for any of it...in Africa and elsewhere. But for now, focusing simply on this photo, and the healthy spirit of body and mind it represents, the hope of Africa 100 years ago was far in advance of the sorrows their kidnapped relatives were experiencing in America at the hands of the White man : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2724476646/in/set-7215... On the other hand, although there might be many, I have personally never met an "African American" who TODAY wants to leave their American digs and the nation that enslaved their ancestors, return to Africa, and make a go at reintegrating himself into the country of his roots. What would any of us do ??? These are all difficult subjects far beyond the purpose of the photos I've posted here. However, being Okinawa_Soba, it is my habit to digress...sometimes all the way to the moon. From a series of old 3-D African photographs, all over 100 years old.
[caption id=attachment_3801 align=alignleft width=216] Gina Grain[/caption] GINA GRAIN- CANADIAN OLYMPIAN (TRACK CYCLING) “In Grade 10 I tore the ligaments in my knees downhill skiing and playing basketball- both knees within 2 weeks of each other. I was completely lost in what I was going to do to keep fit. My main sports of soccer, basketball and downhill ski racing were unrealistic to continue, not to mention painful. I was devastated and upset. So, I became a gym buff. Yes, a gym buff. You could usually find me in the gym pumping weights or on the stationary bike set on “Random cycle”. My dream was to represent Canada at the Olympics in soccer; and, clearly, that was not going to happen anymore. One day I randomly borrowed a friend’s mountain bike when I was attending college. To this day, I still don’t why I borrowed that bike and went out alone on the trails in the mountains behind my house. I came home dirty and happy. Caked with mud and dripping with sweat…and, the biggest perma-smile that I had felt in a long time. That was where my love for cycling began…” Since that life changing moment in Grade 11, Gina made golden lemonade out of lemons. She got her first race license as a beginner in 1995 and immediately set her mind on representing Canada at the Olympic Games in cycling. And that is what she did. Throughout her time attending University to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology you would find her working, studying or training. After university, you would find her working as an Exercise Therapist/Kinesiologist and Personal trainer…and of course training and racing. Gina’s first love was in mountain bike racing where she rode her way to the BC Provincial Team and further to the Pro-Elite Canadian circuit where she would consistently place top 5 in the Canada Cups. As Gina developed, her true strengths began to shine on the road as she was training. If a training race ever came down to a sprint finish, you would see her if not at the front, then very close to it. In year 2000 somebody noticed Gina’s ability, and she was invited to join a professional road cycling team in the US for 2001. This saw the end of her mountain bike career and onto being the lead road sprinter for her new road team. It was 4 years later, in 2004, that Grain’s lemonade became golden. Gina began to emerge as one of the top road sprinters in the world and would see her crowned as National Champion. Gina’s efforts, victories and consistent podium finishes brought Grain to win the US PRO TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS on the road overall, as well as many wins in sprint competitions. That same year, Gina fell into that same spontaneous moment that brought her to the mountain bike 10 years earlier: she borrowed a friends’ track bike. This time, she went on to win the National Championships 4 months after trying the track for the first time…the next Olympics was only 4 years away. From this point on the lemonade only got sweeter. With 7 Canadian National Championship titles combined on the road and track, Silver Medal at the 2006 Track World Championships, 2x Pan American Championship medalist on the road and track, and 2x 4th place finishes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gina continued to sharpen her edge towards the Beijing Olympic Games. Although the majority of Gina’s training and racing brought her out of the country, she always loved coming home to Vancouver for the Tour de Gastown downtown criterium where she won that event 3 times in front of a home crowd. That race was the last preparation race that Grain did before competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on the track. What a great send off! Grain placed 9th in the 2008 Olympics in the Points race event on the track. Gina now resides full time in Vancouver and is beginning to share all of her secret training tips, methods and skills to cycling enthusiasts around town. She shares her smile and spends her time coaching cycling, she is co-owner of TaG cycling, and is an NSCA Strength and Conditioning Coach and BCAK Kinesiologist… Remember how sweet lemonade can be if you squeeze them from lemons! Highlights from Gina’s career: Canadian Olympian – Track Cycling (2008 Beijing Olympics) World Championship Silver Medalist 7x Canadian National Champion US Pro Tour Champion US Pro Track Omnium Champion 3x Tour de Gastown Champion 2x Pan American Championship Medalist 2x 4th Commonwealth Games http://www.tagcycling.com/about/gina-grain/
