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Santanfara
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 Posted - 02 Feb 2009 : 17:56:45
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santa
These dancers are not dancing the real dance as far as i know. I went through the intiation process which last 90 days in the forest.
The KINTANGS, you are right were well respected. JU JUO is the name of the camp in the forest which houses the initiates. There i learnt sign language (coded message), wrestling (self defence), how to behave in a group, how to eat properly, how to remain steadfast in the face of challenges. You were challenge to breaking point and you emerge as tough as steel ready to lead and be led. We also went hunting and also learned signs left behind by others so that we could decode them. Those signs were necessary to communicate without exposing the trails.
It is said that slaves in the Americas used similar coded messages to communicate. Oh, that was something. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 02 Feb 2009 : 23:24:34
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You are absoulutel right kondo. pansingu we call it the sign coded messages. then elders can warn youngers off without talking. this is not unique to men but women also in the bumba. I was a poor wresler by the way. But i can dump any Kamara kunda fellow anytime. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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kondorong
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Posted - 03 Feb 2009 : 00:35:56
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Those days will never come back again. In those days you could share your life secrets with some one and be 100% sure that it will never be heard anywhere else.
Infact, even where villages experienced difficulties, the mere decision by the elders that such was never to be narrated forever, no matter how many were present, such was never said of or spoken of. You could trust everey memeber of the village with your life and they will protect it. Every compound was an extension of your own.
Despite poverty, i learnt to share the little i had with everyone. COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY. All served a cause gretaer than themselves. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 03 Feb 2009 : 10:44:36
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| Sadakita kondo. how contrasting them days and today. when friends are shoping each for the sake of crumbs in our time. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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