#bassari

[ker4unos]

WEST AFRICAN RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

West African is an African region that spans the western part of the continent. 

AGNIS ─ “The Agnis, or Anyi, people are an African people. They are native to the Ivory Coast.” ─ Anyi Information

AKAN ─ “The Akan people are an African people. They are native to Ghana and the Ivory Coast.” ─ Pre-Colonial History of Ghana ─ Modern-Day Akan ─ Akan Dictionary

ANNANG ─ “The Annang, or Anaang, people are an African people. They are native to southern Nigeria.” ─ Annang Dictionary

ASHANTI ─ “The Ashanti, or Asante, people are an African people. They are native to the Ashanti region in Ghana.” ─ Ashanti Information ─ Ashanti Culture ─ Ashanti History

BAMBARA ─ “The Bambara people are an African people. They are native to West Africa.” ─ Bambara Art ─ Bambara Language (in French)

BASSARI ─ “The Bassari people are an African people. They are native to the Kédougou region of Senegal.” ─ Bassari Language (in French)

EWE ─ “The Ewe people are an African people. They are native to the coastal areas of West Africa.” ─ Ewe Information ─ The Anlo-Ewe People ─ The Adze in Ewe Mythology

FON ─ “The Fon, or Dahomey, people are an African people. They are native to south Benin and southwest Togo and Nigeria.” ─ The Dahomey Amazons

IBIBIO ─ “The Ibibio people are an African people. They are native to the coasts of southern Nigeria.” ─ Ibibio Language Resources ─ Ibibio Masks

IGBO ─ "The Igbo, or Ibo, people are an African people. They are native to Nigeria.” ─ Igbo Culture ─ Igbo Dictionary

ISOKO ─ “The Isoko people are an African people. They are native to the Isoko region in Nigeria.” ─ Isoko Information ─ Isoko Culture and History ─ Isoko Dictionary

KONGO ─ “The Kongo people are an African people. They are native to the Atlantic coast of central Africa.” ─ Kongo Language Resources ─ Kongo Dictionary

KONO ─ “The Kono people are an African people. They are native to the Kono District in eastern Sierra Leone.” ─ Kono Culture and Rituals

NIGERIAN ─ “The Nigerian people are an African people that share the Nigerian culture. They are native to Nigeria.” ─ Nigerian Information ─ Colonial Nigeria

SERER ─ “The Serer, or Seereer, people are an African people. They are native to Senegal.” ─ Serer Information ─ Serer Language

TALLENSI ─ “The Tallensi, or Talensi, people are an African people. They are native to northern Ghana.” ─ Tallensi Culture ─ Tallensi Development and Culture

URHOBO ─ “The Urhobo people are an African people. They are native to the Niger Delta in Nigeria.” ─ Ughelli Kingdom Information ─ Urhobo Dictionary

VODUN ─ “Vodun, or Vodon, is a West African religion. It originates in West Africa.” ─ Christians and Vodun

YORUBA ─ “Yoruba, or Isese, is a West African religion. It originates in southwestern Nigeria.” ─ The Yoruba People ─ Yoruba Culture (in Spanish) ─ Yoruba Mythology

#resources #agnis #akan #annang #ashanti #bambara #bassari #ewe #fon #ibibio #igbo #isoko #kongo #kono #nigerian #serer #tallensi #vodun #yoruba #west african

[postcard-from-the-past]

Bassari man from Senegal

French vintage postcard

#old #postcard #postkaart #bassari #french #vintage #briefkaart #postal #ansichtskarte #ephemera #photography #senegal #photo #man #postkarte #tarjeta #historic #sepia #carte postale

[bulkbinbox]

o clímax da iniciação dos homens bassari assume a forma de um duelo entre cada novo iniciado e um mascarado lukuta. este combate é visto como o teste final de virilidade e coragem do iniciado. para a luta, a estrela frontal da máscara lukuta é removida, revelando um capuz protetor e uma viseira. os mascarados também utilizam um protetor de peito acolchoado e carregam uma manopla que serve tanto como escudo quanto como arma. cada iniciado deve lutar ferozmente com seu oponente mascarado. foto de carol beckwith e angela fisher.

#carol beckwith #angela fisher #senegal #bassari #lukuta

[melusinechouraki]

26 avril : National Save a Horse Day 🐎 Merci à Courtney Godbey pour cette illustration montrant Paisley avec son cheval Galaxy, sans oublier le bassaris Lewis, la mascotte du Ranch Milagro. 🏜

#horselover #appaloosa #bassaris #ringtail cat #romanjeunesse #roman #bookstagram #instalivre #magie #roman papier #amazon #courtney godbey #animals #arizona #desert #paranormal #mystery #cheval #horse #cavalier #souvenirs #equine

[2t2r]

Le bassaris rusé ou ring-tailed cat, charmant mammifère d'Amérique du nord

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/le-bassaris-ruse-ou-ring-tailed-cat-charmant-mammifere-damerique-du-nord/

Le bassaris rusé ou ring-tailed cat, charmant mammifère d'Amérique du nord

#Arizona #bassaris #Bassariscus astutus #chat #espece #fourrure #mexique #odeur #queue #raton laveur #ringtail #USA #vidéo #animaux #imxok

[npong2franco]

TV3 GMB2022: Teiya Presentation Disputed

TV3 GMB2022: Teiya Presentation Disputed

Francis Npong TV3 Ghana’s reality show, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, over the years, took Ghanaians through the histories of Ghanaian tribes. It’s a regional-based educational entertainment show. Last Sunday’s presentation by the northern region’s representative, One Teiya, sought to tell a story of how a certain Dagomba dance came about and ended up incurring the displeasure of two tribes, the…

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#Bassari tribe Konkomba #GMB2022 #Teiya #TV3

[cicotour-senegal]

#Bassari Country and Niokolo Koba Park - Senegal - La https://www.cicotour.com ' bassari_country_and_parc_d... #A trek to meet ethnic groups and discover authentic Senegalese cultures: safari in the Niokolo Koba Park #Bassari country #and finally swimming. #A trek to meet ethnic groups and discover authentic Senegalese cultures: safari in the park of Niokolo Koba #and finally bathing ...Bassari country #park #and sumptuous landscapes #Tel [phone] watsap #Email for any reservation: [email protected] #web: cicotour.com #Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[coinandcandle]

Dionysus Deity Guide

Content warning: Dionysus is linked heavily with sexuality and sexual themes will be prevalent throughout this post.

Who is Dionysus?

Also spelled “Dionysos”, he is the Greek god of wine, ecstasy, and theatre to name a few of his areas of expertise. He was later adopted by the Romans who referred to him as Bacchus. Dionysus was known as being “twice born” due to the story of his birth(s).

The story of Dionysus’ birth is a tragedy, beginning his life with his mother’s death. The story goes that Hera caught wind of Semele’s pregnancy with Zeus’ child and convinced her to ask Zeus to show her his true godly form in order to prove that he really was Zeus. This true form was too much for a mortal to handle and Semele was consumed by fire—or the heat Zeus’ lightning bolts. Not wanting his child to die with her, Zeus sewed Dionysus into his own thigh (thought to mean his testicles).

Parents and Siblings

Zeus (Father)

Semele (Mother)

Demeter (Mother, at times)

Persephone (Mother in Orphic mythos)

Siblings

Aeacus

Angelos

Apollo

Ares

Artemis

Athena

Eileithyia

Enyo

Eris

Ersa

Hebe

Helen of Troy

Hephaestus

Heracles

Hermes

Minos

Pandia

Persephone

Perseus

Rhadamanthus

Tantalus

the Graces

the Horae

the Litae

the Muses

the Moirai

Lovers or Partners

Ariadne (Wife/Consort)

Aphrodite

Aura

Beroe

Cronois

Nicaea

Althaea

Erigone

Pellene

Physcoa

Ampelus

Polymnus or Hyplipnus

Children

HYMENAIOS/Hymenaeus (Son)

IAKKHOS (Iacchus) (Son)

METHE (Daughter)

PASITHEA (Daughter)

PRIAPOS/Priapus (Son)

SABAZIOS/Sabazius (Son)

TELETE (Daughter)

THYSA (Daughter)

DEIANEIRA (Daughter)

EURYMEDON (Son)

KERAMOS/Ceramus (Son)

NARKAIOS/Narcaeus (Son)

OINOPION/Oenopion (Son)

PEPARETHOS/Peparethus (Son)

PHANOS (Son)

PHLIASOS or PHLIAS (Son)

STAPHYLOS/Staphylus (Son)

THOAS

Epithets

Note: Dionysus has many epithets and to create a list of all of them would make this post WAY too long so I’ve added as many as I could while retaining a good length for the post. :,>

Dionysus Eleutherios ("the liberator")

Acratophorus, Ἀκρατοφόρος ("giver of unmixed wine"), at Phigaleia in Arcadia

Acroreites at Sicyon

Androgynos Ἀνδρόγυνος (androgynous, specifically in intercourse) referring to the god taking both an active male and a passive female role.

Bassareus, Βασσαρεύς a Thracian name for Dionysus, which derives from bassaris or "fox-skin", which item was worn by his cultists in their mysteries.

Braetes, Βραίτης ("related to beer") at Thrace

Cistophorus Κιστοφόρος ("basket-bearer, ivy-bearer"), Alludes To baskets being sacred to the god.

Dimetor Διμήτωρ ("twice-born") Refers to Dionysus's two births.

Dendrites Δενδρίτης ("he of the trees"), as a fertility god.

Enorches ("with balls"), with reference to his fertility, or "in the testicles" in reference to Zeus' sewing the baby Dionysus "into his thigh", understood to mean his testicles). Used in Samos and Lesbos.

Iacchus, Ἴακχος a possible epithet of Dionysus, associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries. In Eleusis, he is known as a son of Zeus and Demeter. The name "Iacchus" may come from the Ιακχος (Iakchos), a hymn sung in honor of Dionysus.

Lenaius, Ληναῖος ("god of the wine-press")

Phleus ("related to the bloοm of a plant").

Pseudanor Ψευδάνωρ (literally "false man", referring to his feminine qualities), in Macedonia.

Tauros, Ταῦρος ("a bull"), occurs as a surname of Dionysus.

(Wiki)

Notes

Dionysus may have been worshipped as early as c. 1500–1100 BC by Mycenaean Greeks.

After birth Dionysus was said to have been sent to be cared for by Nymphs at Mount Nysa, the identities of these Nymphs varies by source.

His wife, Ariadne, was abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos. In some myths she is slain and/or ascends to immortality to live with her husband on Mt. Olympus.

Once he was an adult, Dionysus traveled to the underworld to bring his mother back with him to Olympus where it’s said that Zeus then turned her into the goddess Thyone—Goddess of the Bacchic frenzy that his female followers experience.

Dionysus is regularly found with groups of satyrs and maenads.

Another name the Greeks had for Dionysus was Bacchus, this was the name the Romans would later adopt for the god. Bacchus means “the noisy or riotous god”, fitting for this buck-wild deity! (Said with affection, of course.)

Along with wine, ecstasy, and theatre, Dionysus was known as a god of vegetation, madness, and frenzy along with quite a few other specializations.

Once a group of pirates kidnapped Dionysus who planned to sell him as a slave (or other unsavory things, depending on the myth); he overran their boat with creeping vines and beasts, and caused the men to go insane, then turned them into dolphins as they jumped overboard.

Dionysus has been depicted in many ways over time but two prevalent depictions are either him as an androgynous youth or an old, bearded man.

Apparently Dionysus hates owls; rather he hates the “sight of an owl” (Theoi)

As Bacchus he was commonly depicted as having ram or bull horns.

Dionysus had many cults throughout the ancient world including not just Greece, but in Scythia, Eastern Europe, Libya, North Africa and Gaul, Southern France as well.

Modern Deity Work

Correspondences

These are not all historically accurate. Anything that has a background in ancient tradition will be marked with a (T).

Rocks/Stone/Crystals

Grape Agate

Amethyst (it was believed that this stone could protect you from drunkenness)

Antimony

Gold

Garnet

Ruby

Herbs/Plants

Pinecone & Pine tree (due to his staff being tipped with a pinecone) (T)

Grapes/grapevines (T)

Ivy (T)

Asphodel (T)

Animals

Leopard or Panther

Tiger

Bull

Serpent

Dolphins (T)

Fawns (his followers were said to wear fawn-skins)

Important Dates

Dionysia

Haloa

Ascolia

Lenaia

Bacchanalia

Offerings

Wine (T)

Objects or imagery of the aforementioned items and animals

Fruit or fruit salad

Honey

Beer

Acts of Devotion

Go buck-wild (half joking here)

Dance

Host festivities

Sing

Attend, write, or act in a play (T)

Sign, create, or recite Hymns to Dionysus (T)

Protect or be an ally for queer, androgynous, and gender non-conforming folks

Dress up in costumes

Make a mask for him (T)

Have sex or solo sex

As the god of comedy he'd also probably enjoy stand-up comedians just sayin

Be yourself!! Dionysus is especially known to love on outcasts.

All in all, how you interact with a deity is up to you, these are simply a few suggestions for you based on my readings!

References and Further Reading

Dionysus - Britannica

Dionysus - Wikipedia

Dionysos - Theoi

The Bacchae - Ancient-Literature

The Masque of Dionysus by Helene P. Foley

The Frogs - Aristophanes (wiki summary, but there are free pdfs of the translated story!)

Misc Myths: Dionysus - Overly Sarcastic Productions

Ecstasy and Possession: The Attraction of the Women to the Cult of Dionysus

Cult of Dionysos - Theoi

#cw: sex mention #Dionysus #Bacchus #Hellenic #hellenic polytheism #deity work #Deity deep dive

[old-glory]

Gwangwuran mask - Etyolo, Senegal. Photo: Robert Gessain, 1969.

La musique bassari : un parcours obligé

[rfsnyder]

Sasha Bassari.

[lostpeace]

Dualistic Deity Reveling in Fox Skin Part 4 (End)

The last character, the extra boss:

Misa Iakkhea

Ineffable Reveler of Twofold Nature

Their ability is to cross the boundary of gender.

A mysterious deity from a faraway land, coming to spread the word of their teacher, the god of wine and rebirth. Their teacher has a famed history of traveling eastward, and following in his footsteps, Misa arrived in Gensokyo. Wielding the sacred mirror of the Orphic Mysteries, they managed to convert a large portion of kitsune to their way of living. Now, they are content sit back to watch the festivies be lead by their first and most loyal disciple, Bassaris.

So that's it for this project. Thanks to @just9art for helping me out with some of these names!

#touhou #greek mythology #mise #iacchus #Dionysus #orphism #orphic mysteries #oc

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os bassari do senegal têm um sistema abrangente de classificação etária com grandes cerimônias marcando a transição de uma faixa etária para outra. os homens bassari passam por 7 estágios, começando aos 10 anos de idade. a cerimônia mais importante, chamada koré, é a iniciação dos jovens à idade adulta. na foto, um jovem iniciado bassari traz em sua cabeça um adereço de penas de galinha. foto de carol beckwith e angela fisher.

#carol beckwith #angela fisher #senegal #bassari

[friendswithclay]

Senegal Folk Bassaris Kaolack Fadiouth market c.1981

#friendswithclay #pottery #Senegal

[pwlanier]

Mask, lukuta, Front, back and detail views, 20th century,

South of Senegal, northern Guinea, Bassari population.

Bark, roo, wool.

Courtesy Alain Truong

#ethnography

[ropermike]

Tom Welling, Ken Duken and Saïd Taghmaoui in Professionals - "Deep Fake". More pics here.

In return for a small favor, Vincent helps the Europol agent Neumann to put Tariq Bassari behind bars.

[mimeticspace]

Mask, South of Senegal, Northern Guinea, Bassari population

#sculpture