Guro, or Gouro, also known every bit Kweni (Kouen/Koueni/Kweny), Dipa too Lo are ancient hunters too currently agricultural Mandé-speaking people residing inward the valley regions of the Bandama River inward Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The Guro who are work of the larger Mande ethnic grouping inward West Africa tin live institute primarily inward the areas of Haut-Sassandra too Marahoue. They are bordered past times the Bete(s), to the the westward too Baule(s), to the east.
Guro women wearing their traditional mitt woven Guro dress
The Guro originally called themselves Kweni; their advert "Guro or Gouro" was given to them past times their neighboring Baule people. In fact, the advert Guro is a Baule name. The Guro civilization is closely related to that of Baule every bit a consequence of deep interaction betwixt them. Most of the Baule wood carving artistry has the influence of Guro too the Baule inward plough has also influenced Guro alongside their Akan traditional agency of life peculiarly inward the expanse stuff too dressing.
The Guro people alongside a population of over 500,000 people are take away descendants of the pre-colonial too West African Republic of Mali empire`s epic hero Sundiata Keita. They believe that later on disintegration of the Republic of Mali empire, they migrated southward to Republic of Cote d'Ivoire to escape Mandinka expansion.
Guro people are rattling traditional people too believe inward their ancient culture. They accept manly someone too woman someone hugger-mugger societies which people are initiated into. The manly someone monastic tell is Je too the woman someone 1 is called Kne. Mask are worn past times these hugger-mugger societies.
One of import mask of the Guro people is Zamble. The spirit of Gu, the married adult woman of the supernatural being, Zamble, is also depicted inward the masks of the Guro, These masks, polychrome or brownish too black, consist of intricate details. Considered the most beautiful of the Guro masks, the Zamble masks are the most desired of collectible masks.
Guro Je hugger-mugger homo dancing alongside traditional Guro mask. by nabilzorkot.com
Language
Guro people utter Guro languages, which is a Mande language belonging to the larger Niger-Congo identify unit of measurement of African languages. Currently Guro spoken past times over 600,000 people inward Ivory Coast. It is mainly spoken inward Marahoue, Haut-Sassandra, too Fromager regions, Zuénoula, Vavoua, Gouitafla, Bouaflé, Sinfra, too Oumé subprefectures; smaller areas inward Vallee du Bandama, Worodougou too Lacs regions.
History
Guro are work of larger Mande people. They draw their origins to the ancient pre-colonial West African Republic of Mali empire. After the collapse of the Republic of Mali empire, they fled from their expanse inward the due north every bit a consequence of Mande invasions inward the bit one-half of the 18th century. They endure came to settle at their introduce location inward Ivory Coast.
Guro elders
Economy
Although formerly the major manly someone line was hunting, the Guro are forthwith basically agriculturists whose subsistence crops include plantains, rice, too yams; their cash crops include coffee, cocoa, too cotton. They practise shifting cultivation, men clearing the fields too women doing most of the other work. Some of their communal fields were beingness replaced past times industrial plantations inward the belatedly 20th century. In the southern work of the Guro people’s territory, arboriculture includes palm-wine extraction; inward the north, kola fossil oil too nuts are traded for dried fish from the Niger. The central of subsistence goods at markets is ordinarily carried out past times women; other items are traded past times men.
Division of labout
Prior to abandoning their villages, which occurred during colonization, the men cleared the reason too the women planted crops such every bit cocoa, rice, cotton, yams too coffee, depending on the season. The main was the caput of the oldest lineage inward the hamlet too the members of the principal lineage made upward his council. The trezan, the master copy of the land, divided the reason amid the people too made sacrifices.
Guro culture
The Guro retain their ain religion, involving many cults too deities. An populace master copy makes sacrifices to the populace for the do goodness of the hamlet too its inhabitants. Each hamlet also has a diviner who is consulted earlier of import decisions are made.
Of all animals, the Guro revere five: the antelope, the hyena, the leopard, the crocodile too the elephant. These are animals to a greater extent than oft than non institute inward the savannah too tropical wood where the 200,000-strong tribe lives.
The Guro people are to a greater extent than oft than non farmers. Therefore, their craftsmanship embraces imageries tied to the reason too to agrarian practices. The symbolism of the 4 animals featured on their masks derives from these: the antelope is honey for its grace too speed too for the folkloric belief that a mythical antelope taught men to farm. The hyena is regarded every bit a hardy creature living off the land, smart too resourceful; the leopard connotes power, bravery too enterprise; the crocodile is regarded every bit the manly someone monarch of the marshes, guarding the H2O bodies institute inward the hinterland location of the tribe. The elephant is believed to live graceful, kind, powerful, purplish too loyal.
The masks depicting the animals sacred to the Guro, are ever worn during ceremonies, exactly for sure masks depicting the antelope too porcupine are non permitted to live seen past times women. The women also accept a hugger-mugger monastic tell known every bit the Kne, which is religious inward nature.
In addition, these animals are believed to stand upward for links betwixt the human too the spiritual worlds. No Guro mask is without hidden messages too spiritual importance. The tribal life is to a greater extent than oft than non regulated past times the Je society. This manly someone hugger-mugger monastic tell is responsible for the social, administrative too judicial organization of the tribe. It is responsible for making decisions too for protecting the members of the tribe.
It is the Je monastic tell that guards too employs all of Guro masks. These masks are of 2 types: anthropomorphic too zoomorphic. Apart from masks, the Guro people also carve figures. These figures oft stand upward alongside arms akimbo too accept faces quite similar to the masks. Lesser figures are the elegant woman someone heads mounted on Guro weaving looms.
Of masks, the Guro fine art is rattling similar to the Baule's too are sometimes hard to tell apart. However, at that spot are subtle differences betwixt the 2 styles. For example, Guro masks ordinarily accept longer faces. Furthermore, the raised forehead too the span of the olfactory organ of a Guro mask forms an S-shape profile.
Another mark of Guro masks is the nature of the tattoo marks institute on them. Guro tattoo marks replicate the scarification marks institute on the men of the tribe. These marks are cutting inward relief on the foreheads too the cheeks inward repetitions. Guro masks accept small-scale mouths too sharpened teeth. The coiffures on the masks are done inward elaborate, geometric patterns, to a greater extent than oft than non inward v parts. In addition, most Guro masks accept broad, wooden collars to friction match raffia cloaks worn past times the dancers.
Yet some other distinction of Guro masks is the usual too mutual add-on of creature features fifty-fifty to human masks. These tin live inward the shape of elephant's ears, antelope's horns or superstructures of bird's heads. So neat is the vogue to add together creature features to masks that the Guro carvers' finest masks are the mash-ups of dissimilar creature features. These are the zamble masks.
The zamble masks combine the attributes of hyena, antelope, leopard too crocodile. Like all Guro masks, they tin live polychrome or come upward inward brownish too black. Zamble masks accept the most intricate carvings of all Guro masks. The attending to particular too the fine, careful replication of the ridges on these masks are faithful reproductions. The uncannily accurate rendering of zamble masks gives them a bold, life-like character too makes them highly prized.
At Je ceremonies, the zamble masks are the offset to appear. All Guro masks are sated inward hidden tribal meanings too are considered fatal for women to behold. But their rattling extreme refinement makes them irresistible; for all fine art collectors, Guro masks stand upward for some of the finest fine art works out of Africa, too the zamble masks are the most coveted.
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Guro women wearing their traditional mitt woven Guro dress
The Guro originally called themselves Kweni; their advert "Guro or Gouro" was given to them past times their neighboring Baule people. In fact, the advert Guro is a Baule name. The Guro civilization is closely related to that of Baule every bit a consequence of deep interaction betwixt them. Most of the Baule wood carving artistry has the influence of Guro too the Baule inward plough has also influenced Guro alongside their Akan traditional agency of life peculiarly inward the expanse stuff too dressing.
Guro traditional main sitting inward state belongings his traditional staff of authority. Kindly bring out the artistic carving of the staff that exhibit Guro hugger-mugger elements. By nabilzorkot
The Guro people alongside a population of over 500,000 people are take away descendants of the pre-colonial too West African Republic of Mali empire`s epic hero Sundiata Keita. They believe that later on disintegration of the Republic of Mali empire, they migrated southward to Republic of Cote d'Ivoire to escape Mandinka expansion.
Guro people are rattling traditional people too believe inward their ancient culture. They accept manly someone too woman someone hugger-mugger societies which people are initiated into. The manly someone monastic tell is Je too the woman someone 1 is called Kne. Mask are worn past times these hugger-mugger societies.
One of import mask of the Guro people is Zamble. The spirit of Gu, the married adult woman of the supernatural being, Zamble, is also depicted inward the masks of the Guro, These masks, polychrome or brownish too black, consist of intricate details. Considered the most beautiful of the Guro masks, the Zamble masks are the most desired of collectible masks.
Guro Je hugger-mugger homo dancing alongside traditional Guro mask. by nabilzorkot.com
Language
Guro people utter Guro languages, which is a Mande language belonging to the larger Niger-Congo identify unit of measurement of African languages. Currently Guro spoken past times over 600,000 people inward Ivory Coast. It is mainly spoken inward Marahoue, Haut-Sassandra, too Fromager regions, Zuénoula, Vavoua, Gouitafla, Bouaflé, Sinfra, too Oumé subprefectures; smaller areas inward Vallee du Bandama, Worodougou too Lacs regions.
History
Guro are work of larger Mande people. They draw their origins to the ancient pre-colonial West African Republic of Mali empire. After the collapse of the Republic of Mali empire, they fled from their expanse inward the due north every bit a consequence of Mande invasions inward the bit one-half of the 18th century. They endure came to settle at their introduce location inward Ivory Coast.
Guro elders
Economy
Although formerly the major manly someone line was hunting, the Guro are forthwith basically agriculturists whose subsistence crops include plantains, rice, too yams; their cash crops include coffee, cocoa, too cotton. They practise shifting cultivation, men clearing the fields too women doing most of the other work. Some of their communal fields were beingness replaced past times industrial plantations inward the belatedly 20th century. In the southern work of the Guro people’s territory, arboriculture includes palm-wine extraction; inward the north, kola fossil oil too nuts are traded for dried fish from the Niger. The central of subsistence goods at markets is ordinarily carried out past times women; other items are traded past times men.
Division of labout
Prior to abandoning their villages, which occurred during colonization, the men cleared the reason too the women planted crops such every bit cocoa, rice, cotton, yams too coffee, depending on the season. The main was the caput of the oldest lineage inward the hamlet too the members of the principal lineage made upward his council. The trezan, the master copy of the land, divided the reason amid the people too made sacrifices.
Guoro elders
The Guro retain their ain religion, involving many cults too deities. An populace master copy makes sacrifices to the populace for the do goodness of the hamlet too its inhabitants. Each hamlet also has a diviner who is consulted earlier of import decisions are made.
Of all animals, the Guro revere five: the antelope, the hyena, the leopard, the crocodile too the elephant. These are animals to a greater extent than oft than non institute inward the savannah too tropical wood where the 200,000-strong tribe lives.
The Guro people are to a greater extent than oft than non farmers. Therefore, their craftsmanship embraces imageries tied to the reason too to agrarian practices. The symbolism of the 4 animals featured on their masks derives from these: the antelope is honey for its grace too speed too for the folkloric belief that a mythical antelope taught men to farm. The hyena is regarded every bit a hardy creature living off the land, smart too resourceful; the leopard connotes power, bravery too enterprise; the crocodile is regarded every bit the manly someone monarch of the marshes, guarding the H2O bodies institute inward the hinterland location of the tribe. The elephant is believed to live graceful, kind, powerful, purplish too loyal.
The masks depicting the animals sacred to the Guro, are ever worn during ceremonies, exactly for sure masks depicting the antelope too porcupine are non permitted to live seen past times women. The women also accept a hugger-mugger monastic tell known every bit the Kne, which is religious inward nature.
In addition, these animals are believed to stand upward for links betwixt the human too the spiritual worlds. No Guro mask is without hidden messages too spiritual importance. The tribal life is to a greater extent than oft than non regulated past times the Je society. This manly someone hugger-mugger monastic tell is responsible for the social, administrative too judicial organization of the tribe. It is responsible for making decisions too for protecting the members of the tribe.
Guro hugger-mugger monastic tell mask
It is the Je monastic tell that guards too employs all of Guro masks. These masks are of 2 types: anthropomorphic too zoomorphic. Apart from masks, the Guro people also carve figures. These figures oft stand upward alongside arms akimbo too accept faces quite similar to the masks. Lesser figures are the elegant woman someone heads mounted on Guro weaving looms.
Of masks, the Guro fine art is rattling similar to the Baule's too are sometimes hard to tell apart. However, at that spot are subtle differences betwixt the 2 styles. For example, Guro masks ordinarily accept longer faces. Furthermore, the raised forehead too the span of the olfactory organ of a Guro mask forms an S-shape profile.
Guro mask
Another mark of Guro masks is the nature of the tattoo marks institute on them. Guro tattoo marks replicate the scarification marks institute on the men of the tribe. These marks are cutting inward relief on the foreheads too the cheeks inward repetitions. Guro masks accept small-scale mouths too sharpened teeth. The coiffures on the masks are done inward elaborate, geometric patterns, to a greater extent than oft than non inward v parts. In addition, most Guro masks accept broad, wooden collars to friction match raffia cloaks worn past times the dancers.
Antelope mask of Guro hugger-mugger society. by .nabilzorkot
Yet some other distinction of Guro masks is the usual too mutual add-on of creature features fifty-fifty to human masks. These tin live inward the shape of elephant's ears, antelope's horns or superstructures of bird's heads. So neat is the vogue to add together creature features to masks that the Guro carvers' finest masks are the mash-ups of dissimilar creature features. These are the zamble masks.
Gouro masked dancer (Ivory Coast) / Danseur masqué gouro (Côte d'Ivoire) credits Viviane Froger Fortaillier. (via androphilia)
The zamble masks combine the attributes of hyena, antelope, leopard too crocodile. Like all Guro masks, they tin live polychrome or come upward inward brownish too black. Zamble masks accept the most intricate carvings of all Guro masks. The attending to particular too the fine, careful replication of the ridges on these masks are faithful reproductions. The uncannily accurate rendering of zamble masks gives them a bold, life-like character too makes them highly prized.
At Je ceremonies, the zamble masks are the offset to appear. All Guro masks are sated inward hidden tribal meanings too are considered fatal for women to behold. But their rattling extreme refinement makes them irresistible; for all fine art collectors, Guro masks stand upward for some of the finest fine art works out of Africa, too the zamble masks are the most coveted.
Photo source:http://www.nabilzorkot.com/masques.html
Mask alongside vii horns, Guro
Guro Mask of Republic of Cote d'Ivoire carrying a chief
Coyotes Paw Guro Zemle Antelope Mask
Guro Tribe Ceremonial African Mask
Face mask. Guro people. Republic of Cote d'Ivoire | Mid 20th century | Wood, pigment | Mami Wata is recognized today past times various peoples throughout Africa every bit a powerful H2O spirit. Her origins tin live traced to a late-19th-century German linguistic communication lithograph of a woman someone serpent charmer, which appeared inward an Indian calendar that circulated widely inward western too key Africa. Interested Africans scrutinized the serpent charmer's icon too this mask copies straight from the original lithograph.
Masque Mboli(Gouro).Village de Brodoufla. Cote d’Ivoire
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