The Resurgence Of Body Ornamentation And Augmentation A research paper by Mecca Shakoor, a student at UC Berkeley. Outlines the history and relates it Category Society Subcultures Urban Primitive Body Modification and manipulation are ancient practices among indigenous people internationally Africanpeoples practice other radical forms of The lobi women in Ghana and the http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/98journal/mshakoor/
Extractions: The Resurgence of Body Ornamentation and Augmentation in Current Western Civilization Mecca Shakoor Introduction In contemporary Western society, people who alter their appearance in socially provocative ways are typically youths, and because youths are essentially the future of society it is potentially revelatory to examine why so many deliberately choose to separate themselves from the population at large. Does norm-defying ornamentation fulfill some psychological need unmet by contemporary society? Are certain forms of body ornamentation indicative of unhealthy, antisocial, or even evil influences as some detractors contend? If these fears or opinions have any basis in reality, should society as a whole fear the future? Most gracious and merciful Saviour, Jesus Christ, thou knowest how we be born, clothed and clogged with the grievous and heavy burden of the first man, who fell away unto fleshliness through disobedience. Vouchsafe, therefore I beseech thee, to strip me out of the old corrupt Adam, which being soaked in sin, transformeth himself into all incumbrances and diseases of the mind, that may lead away from Thee (Ashley, 1988, p. 203). Tattooing is widely practiced among the peoples of the South Pacific. In fact, the word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word
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Cote D'Ivoire (11/01) Religions indigenous 25%40%, Muslim 35%-40%, and east and center, including Lagoonpeoples of the Northern Mande (northwest), Senoufo/lobi (north center and http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2846.htm
Worldstats: Providing Information About Our World! 0 Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande worldstats.org sqlreflection0indigenous beliefs 40 These peoples managed to preserve their unity and http://www.worldstats.org/world/burkina_faso.shtml
Extractions: note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.) Population growth rate:
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Untitled compound of village chiefs and elders among the lobi. from the religion of the indigenouspeoples who were They sold many of the indigenous religious leaders http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/imagbank/annc-ann.htm
Extractions: These slides depict the process of pilgrimage at the Orthodox Church of the Madonna of the Annunciation (Evangel'stra) on the Greek island of Tinos (Cyclades), one of Greece's foremost shrines. The church draws thousands of pilgrims each year, particularly on its two major holy days, the Day of the Annunciation (Evangelisms) on March 25th (which is also Greek Independence Day) and the day of the Dormition (K'misis) on August 15th. History of the Church The church itself dates from the 1830's and was built after the discovery of a miracle working icon, which it now houses. This icon was discovered in a field near the island's port town following the vision of a local nun in which the Madonna (Panay'a) appeared to her and told her of a buried icon. When the icon was uncovered, in January 1823, it was found to depict the Annunciation. Reportedly it had originally been housed in a Byzantine church burned some centuries earlier by Saracen pirates. The icon is said to have been painted by St. Luke (a not uncommon attribution of famous icons throughout Greece). The icon soon acquired a reputation for miracle-working and pilgrims began to flock to Tinos to acquire the benefits of its powers. This pilgrimage has continued up to the present day. The Pilgrimage An important concept in pilgrimage is the idea of the tma, or vow (pl. tmata). The term refers both to the vow itself and to the objects (usually small plaques depicting the nature of the vow) which are left at the church. (Such offerings are also called (afyermata.) The vow may involve simply going to the church and performing the usual devotions before the icon, a simple offering such as a large candle, larger offerings including expensive gifts or money given to the church, or some personal hardship such as ascending the road to the church on one's knees.
Extractions: The African upswing was to be brought brutally to a halt, directly and indirectly, by the transformations which were affecting Western Europe. First there was the development of the trade in slaves destined for the American colonies, the role of which in the accumulation of capital in Western Europe is well known. Africa's destiny as a 'commercial reserve for the hunting of people with black skins' was not finally sealed till the end of the sixteenth century. The Portuguese, who had sighted the coast during the fifteenth century, had at first wanted to procure gold and spices, and with this in view had penetrated the continent very early; even at the end of the sixteenth century, some adventurers still hoped to create another Brazil in Africa
MAURITIUS Paris Félibien and lobi. forests for the formatior of sugar plantations, the indigenousflora is to European nations, if not to all other peoples, until the http://8.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MA/MAURITIUS.htm
Extractions: Maurice, who bad on the death of his elder brother Philip William. in February 1618, become prince of Orange,was now supreme in the state, but during the remainder of his life he sorely missed the wise counsels of the experienced Oldenbarneveldt. War broke out again in 1621, but success had ceased to accompany him on his campaigns. His health gave way, and he died, a prematurely aged man, at the Hague on the 4th of April 1625. He was buried by his fathers side at Dclft. BIBLIOGRAPHY.!. Commelin, Wilhelm en Maurits v. Nassau, pr. v. Orangien, haer leven en bedrijf (Amsterdam, f651); G. Groan van Prinsterer, Archives ou correspondance de la maison dOrangeNassau, I série, 9 vols. (Leiden, 18411861); G. Groen van Prinstarer, Maurice et Barneveldi (Utrecht, 1875); J. L. Motley, Life and Death of John of Barneveldt (2 vols., The Hague, 1894); C. M. Kemp, v.d. Maurits a. Nassau, prins a. Oranje in zijn leven en verdienden (4 vols., Rotterdam, 1843); M. 0. Nutting, The Days of Prince Maurice (Boston and Chicago, 1894). His festival is kept on the 15th of January. He founded the monastery of Glanfeuil or St Maur-sur-Loire.
UNITED NATIONS Les ruines du lobi ainsi présentées constituent aujourd historically by the Akanpeoples (Asantes, Akyems people turned to innovative indigenous beliefs with http://whc.unesco.org/events/gt-zimbabwe/Tentative Lists.htm
Baroda Bible Club lobilobiri lobi 175,500; Gouin 53,000; Turka 45,000; Doghosie Growth 8%. IndigenousMarginal 0.1 decisively challenged and broken in many peoples of Burkina http://www.barodabibleclub.org/prayer/daily/mar/17.html
Photography Of Africa Politics in africa, and examination on current african Wars. http://www.empereur.com/Africa/history/photo.html
Extractions: Welcome to Africa Photography of Africa Contemporary Photographs An online gallery with links to sites of quality photographers who focus on Africa. "Photography relating to environment, travel, culture and cultural diversity and humanity." Features artists such as Seydou Keita, Crispin Hughes (photos and article on the Southern Sudan liberation forces), Bernard Descamps and others. The Founder is Philip Cartland, a London based photographer. http://www.africanaperture.com/
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