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Shango:God of Thunder and Lightning
Shango:God of Thunder and Lightning
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Nigeria Staff for Shango Unknown Artist, Yoruba
people 19C Wood Hood Museum of Art
Nigeria Staff for Shango Unknown Artist, Yoruba
people 19C Wood Hood Museum of Art
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protective goodnessprotective goodness
marks of royal family of Oyo, the lineage of Shango
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thunderstonesthunderstones
symbolizes woman’s respect to the spirit world
symbolizes woman’s respect to the spirit world
Balanced fire
punishment
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Yoruba in Nigeria performing a dance in honour of the god
Shango.
Yoruba in Nigeria performing a dance in honour of the god
Shango.
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Staff for Shango
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Shango 1Shango 1
Double-axe
Shango color: red and white
Shango
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Shango 2 Shango 2
Shango color:
Red & white
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Shango’s lighting will terrorize the liars.
Shango’s lighting will terrorize the liars.
Shango’sanger
Shango’sanger
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Yoruba(see yellow area)
The Yoruba people live in Southwest Nigeria and Benin.
Yoruba(see yellow area)
The Yoruba people live in Southwest Nigeria and Benin.
www.lmp.ucla.edu/images/yoruba.gif
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The climate is tropical rain forsest
Rainfall: more than sixty inches a year
The climate is tropical rain forsest
Rainfall: more than sixty inches a year
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Language:Yoruba (Kwa)Language:Yoruba (Kwa)
The Yorùbá Alphabet (Abidi Yorùbá) The Yorùbá Alphabet (Abidi Yorùbá)
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http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/yoruba/cut.html
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/yoruba.htm
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/721941...
http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/yoruba/cut.html
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/yoruba.htm
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/721941...