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African heritage is rich and deep in culture. One of the most popular parts of the African culture is the Adinkra symbols. Symbols are a visual representation of an idea, spiritual meaning, or emotions. Although there are many stories on the origin of Adinkra symbols, their significance and meaning in the culture are not debated. The Adinkra symbols are not just decorative objects on fabric, buildings, or decor, but they convey ancient traditional wisdom about life, philosophical thoughts, and aspects of the environment. Many of the Adinkra symbols have meanings linked to proverbs and some symbols depict historical events, human behavior and attitudes, animal behavior, plant life, and objects' shapes. These Adinkra symbols were used on ceremonial clothing by royalty for important ceremonies such as funerals and special occasions but are now used more prominently on clothes, jewelry, home décor and were even featured on the costumes in Black Panther. Adinkras are visual symbols or ideographs that represent concepts and aphorisms originating from the Akan people, the dominant ethnic group of present-day Ghana, and the Ivory Coast located in West Africa. Designs were originally made by cutting a pattern in a calabash gourd and then stamping the print on a piece of colorful fabric. They boiled the bark of the Badie tree with scraps of iron to get the deep brown ink that was originally used. If you take a closer look at the symbols, you will see that they were derived from pieces of nature, architecture, and animals. For example, the ripples in a water drop. The
Learn little-known things about the precolonial period in the Philippines, which is probably the closest thing we ever had to a Golden Age.
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“My nan... had completely turned her back on being Māori. She was of the opinion that you just had to make it in the Pākehā world, and that speaking Māori and being Māori wasn’t going to get you anywhere in life.” — Stacy Gregg.
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Striking images, taken by New Zealand's first ever photographer, Elizabeth Pulman, depict the way of life of the Maori, including their unique method of tattooing the face called ta moko, shown.
Moko is the name for a Māori permanent body marking. It was originally carved with bones creating a scarring on the skin rather than a tattoo made with a needle and ink. Each moko is unique to the wearer. It depicts the story of the wearer’s family, their ancestral tribe, and their position within that group. The moko is created by the Tohunga tā moko. Māori men have moko on their faces, backs, buttocks, and thighs. Women mostly have a moko kauae on their lips, chins, and necks, and occasionally on their foreheads. In Māori culture: A moko on the face is the ultimate statement of one’s identity as a Māori. The head is believed to be the most sacred part of the body. To wear the moko on the face is to bear an undeniable declaration of who you are. After the Brits colonized New Zealand, ta moko declined as a cultural form. This was partly due to the Tohunga Suppression Act of 1907, which outlawed Māori medical practices. As these were closely linked to Māori spiritual and cultural traditions, the Māoris lost much of their culture and became what...
One of the many cultural dancers/representatives at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu in Hawaii. See also: www.flickr.com/photos/39630975@N03/5420327988/ www.flickr.com/photos/39630975@N03/5419722941/ Canon XTI w/ 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM @ 200mm, 100 ISO, 4f, 1/400s
HAKA ET MAORIS...... SI VOUS VOULEZ EN SAVOIR UN PEU PLUS SUR LEUR MAGNIFIQUE CULTURE Voici un portrait extrêmement réaliste d'un chef maori peint par Charles Frederick GOLDIE, un des artistes néo-zélandais les plus talentueux de son temps ( fin XIXème,...
More than 4,000 miles separate Hawai'i and Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand, ...
Femme Maori, Nouvelle Zélande circa 1860-1879 (Photothèque du Musée de l'Homme, Paris)
