Term Papers on Bambara

Term Paper Title	Bambara
# of Words	503
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.01

Bambara



     I am a part of the Bambara people.  In the beginning we were hunters living in a hostile environment with no constant supply of resources.  Later around the 16th to the 20th we learned to cultivate fields and tend to crops.  There was an increase in permanent settlement and the philosophy of sculptural forms dedicated to the supreme beings especially the Beast god Chi Wara.  I make the sculptural forms resembling an antelope that symbolizes Chi Wara.  This sculpture piece is actually a mask or a headdress that the Kore society wears during the Chi Wara festival honoring each farming season.

     The Bambara people speak a Mande language and number a total of about a million.  Although we are exposed to strong Islamic influences, we have preserved a significant amount of our religion  and traditional manner of life.  Sculptures, masks and headpieces are the most produced works of art among our society.  The art works are usually made by professional craftsmen, who also engage in wood-carving.

     There are different levels of organization in the Bambara group.  They are the Komo, Kore and Ntomo organization.  Headraces are made for each of these origination showing the importance of the people and their purpose in society.  The Komo are the most important, they are the elder and hence been around for a long time.  The elder are important because it is with them the preservation of the society starts.  We can find out about our ancestors through the older p...

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