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Von Calavi nach Ganvié. GANVIÉ ist ein grosses Pfahlbautendorf in Benin. Vor langer Zeit flüchteten die Tofinu-Leute vor den Sklavenhändlern aufs Wasser, das die Fon Krieger scheuten. Heute leben etwa 40‘000 Menschen in Ganvié und den umliegenden Dörfern auf dem Wasser.
Unterwegs in Benin, irgendwo zwischen Dalla und Allada, wollte ich mehr über das Mehl wissen, das sie anbieten an den Strassen. Ich hatte Glück, der 22 jährige Sohn der Familie führte mich durch ihre Maniok Farm, zeigte mir wo sie Maniok schälen und würfeln, gekocht werde erst in zwei Tagen wieder. Wie das Zerkleinerte getrocknet wird, dann entgiftet, heisst gepresst und gemahlen. Die Frauen liessen sich fotografieren, hatten grosse Freude an unserer Begegnung!
Location: Koussou - Benin. This woman belongs to the Betammaribe tribe. More in perticular... the Otammari. They scar their face at a very young age and it serves as a kind of identitycard. People will know exactly from wich village she is looking at the motives of her scarification. You will also find the same motives on their traditional homes (Tata's)
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The Benin plaques in the British Museum were made by the Edo people of Benin, Nigeria. The generally accepted date for their provenance is between 1550 and 1650. They come from the palace of the King (Oba) and constitute a pictorial record of daily life in the palace. They are like photographs from a pre-photographic age. There is an excellent book by Nigel Barley, The Art of Benin, published by the British Museum. If you are interested in anthropology, his The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut is a very readable book about some of the issues facing a modern anthropologist.
Two figures showing a nice display of varying costumes. The one carrying the eben sword had hanging bells, the other appears to be wearing a skirt of pangolin scales.
Portugese soldier. The Portugese sometimes provided mercaneries who fought alongside the Edo in their wars. The western ffigures in the Benin plaques quickly appear to have been incorporated into the icongrahyy. They do not represent individuals but 'westerners'. They all look alike with beards and long straight hair.