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 Du ya wokaa ne amea Nya meka tuladzodogbe* Agbagba gbogbo ya kekea dzea Xa noviwoe nye avo loo Du ya wokaa ne amea Nya meka tuladzodogbe* Agbagba gbogbo ya kekea dze Xa noviwoe nye avo loo Agbagba Agbagba Gbagba gbogbo ya kekea dzea Xa novíwoe nye avo hee Du ya wokaa ne amea Nya meka tuladzodogbe* Agbagba gbogbo ya kekea dze Xa noviwoe nye avo loo |
AFA SONG about weaving >>>Hand-in-hand Weaving > Performance |
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is one of the mystic codes or notations in the AFA system of
divination of 258 codes. Each code is defined by seven or more
stories interpreted by AFA priests/priestesses to determine the
spiritual life of Individuals, etc. Each story carries a song
dilating on the moral teachings of the story. A code gives instructions
on diet, character, work, relationships, sacrifices, spiritual
origins, religion, the past, present and the future life, etc. One of the stories in TULADOGBE speaks of Loom and her brothers and sisters - Bobbin, Shuttle etc. In short, Heddle, Reel, Reed and others assisted Loom in producing the cloth. However, the role of Reel was never recognized by others. The credit of a good cloth always went to Reed, Heddle and others, who were praised for their role in turning out a compact c cloth. However, it was Reel who opened up the warp for the shuttle to carry the weft through the shed, and for Reed to tamp the weft into a compact material. In interpretation, the person who takes the piece of the reel in the story, plays an important or central role in an enterprise but is never given the due credit. This story in TULADOGBE also shows that weaving is as old as the Ewe e and Yoruba society, AFA being an ancient religious practice of the Ewe/Yoruba and is still practiced today. Dale Massiasta * In the song, the additional infix OZO in TULADOGBE is necessary for the sake of time or tempo. |
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