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Kongo oral tradition suggests that the Kingdom of Kongo was founded before the 14th century and the 13th century. [23] [24] The kingdom was modeled not on hereditary succession as was common in Europe, but based on an election by the court nobles from the Kongo people.
[30] [31] Kongo's tradition of forcibly transferring peoples captured in wars to the royal capital was key to the power of the Kongolese king, and it was the same mechanism of enslavement and transfer of population that made Kongo an efficient exporter of slaves. Kongolese laws and cultural traditions protected freeborn Kongolese from ...
The Kongo cosmogram (also called yowa or dikenga cross, Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Bakongo religion that depicts the physical world (Ku Nseke), the spiritual world (Ku Mpémba), the Kalûnga line that runs between the two worlds, the sacred river that forms a circle through the two worlds, the four moments of the sun, and the four elements.
Kongo Creation Story. According to researcher Molefi Kete Asante, "Another important characteristic of Bakongo cosmology is the Sun and its movements.The rising, peaking, setting, and absence of the Sun provide the essential pattern for Bakongo religious culture.
Comfa originates from the many religious traditions of the many peoples who settled in Guyana. Of these beliefs the main influences are from African traditional practices, specifically Kongo religion, Christianity and some elements from indigenous peoples.
The Kongo Cosmogram. The Kalûnga Line in Kongo religion is a watery boundary between the land of the living (Ku Nseke) and the spiritual realm of the ancestors (Ku Mpemba). Kalûnga is the Kikongo word "threshold between worlds." It is the point between the physical world (Ku Nseke) and the spiritual world (Ku Mpemba).
Pages in category "Kongo culture" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Calinda; Candomblé Bantu;
Kongo baskets were displays of prestige and wealth. They were given as gifts to notables and foreigners as well as used by the wealthy and elite. These baskets often held prestige goods of great status that were given to the king. [10] Special baskets also featured prominently in the ritual practice and belief of Kongo peoples.