Culture of the Ivory Coast
The Ivory Coast has a culture diversified.
Art of the Ivory Coast
African civilizations, in particular that of the Ivory Coast, always granted the primacy to the function on the form. The beauty is never required for it even. It is reached when there exists a fundamental agreement between the religious thought and the object charged to express it or to serve it (ustensils, statues, Masque S, etc). What the collectors call " art africain" , it is in fact of the usual or cultural objects which, desacralized or unitilized today, are sold like collector's items.
Four great ethnicities populate the Ivory Coast:
Each one of its groups testifies to its art of living through its achievements.
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Wood and bronze
Raffia, Cane, Wood and Bambou allows basket makings, Sculptures on wood, pieces of furniture of art… The bronze, worked according to the ancestral technique of lost wax, is known almost everywhere in Ivory Coast.
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Statues and masks
detailed Article: Masks of Ivory Coast
The principal difference between statue and mask lies in the fact that the first motionless remainder during the ceremonies, while the second participle with all the phases of the rite since attached around the face of a participant, often an initiate, whose incognito is preserved. The statuary in country Baoulé (with the Baoulé head office of the chief), and Sénoufo (representing the first couple) is most famous. The masks daN, Baoulé, Gouro, Hardly, Bété… are more the sides in the experts.
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Weaving and painting
The Baoulé, Dioula and Sénoufo are distinguished in art from weaving. Baoulé and especially Sénoufo is famous for their painting on fabric. On panels of unbleached linen, the craftsman draws animals symbolic systems, accompanied by geometrical reasons. The tisserands of North use vegetable dyeings like the indigo or cola. The kaolin is used to decorate the face and the body of the participants in the traditional and religious ceremonies.
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Dance
The area of the West east one of richest of Ivory Coast with regard to the traditional dances. Approximately 300 belong to the traditions. Among most known: the Temate de Facobly (homage of the young girls to the spirits favorable to an abundant rice harvest), dance of the waders of Gouessesso and Danane (choreographic imagination and addresses gymnic the young people masked on stilts of 3m top), the dance Gouah (collective gesture of gratitude of the young initiates to the address of the beneficial Gods).
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Weights to weigh gold
The ethnos groups of the group Akan are regarded as the people of gold. Their talent is expressed especially in the copper figurines being used to weigh gold formerly and used today in elements of ornamentation.
At the Agni and the Abron, each ceremony gives the opportunity to avoid jewels, glasses and collars out of gold.
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Pottery
Practiced by all the ethnos groups and generally by women, the pottery is very present at the Malinké. Bowls, Canaries and Vases is assembled to the hand and is cooked on fire. The potteries of Katiola are re-elected country.
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Musical instruments
They are associated with the various forms of worships. The Tam-tams, whose rhythmic base is often supported by water-bottles covered with pearls or cauris, are most famous. They emit a serious and vibrating sound. The Balaphon (or Xylophone) particularly used in the North of the country, is also appreciated by the Baoulé, daN and the Guéré.
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