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| Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 6:15pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
The pictures below are from Imo state among an Igbo tribe known as Urata. The buildings are shrines known as Mbari which are dedicated to many agbara (deities) in the Igbo religion. The Igbo religion states that no man is able to see an agbara and live so these buildings are "asked" for by the agbara through signs and paranormal activity. The agbara in Igbo religion is the medium between dibia (priests) and the highest creator force (Chineke). The images of the agbara are only personifications of the ideals of the agbara, so the earth goddess is a woman, the fertility goddess is a mother with many children, Amadioha is a man with lots of power, and so on.  1 Like |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 6:16pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
A woman painting an Mbari with mami wata images on the left:  |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by PAGAN9JA(m): 6:35pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
wow nice! i wish our Govt. funded the building of more such religious structures. we have national mosque and national church but no national SHrine/Temple!  2 Likes |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 7:50pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
The government actually destroyed some because they said it was "pagan". |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by saintvc(m): 8:07pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
ezeagu: The government actually destroyed some because they said it was "pagan"..dat gud |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 8:34pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
saintvc: .dat gud Eeish, saint, run back to the Vatican, there are plenty of young boys waiting for you. 1 Like |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by saintvc(m): 10:41pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
ezeagu:are u indirectly calling me a gay molester:-@.may God have mercy on u |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 11:05pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
You can't command a force higher than you, just like you can never understand a force more complex than you. Anyway, the Vatican offer is still there, maybe for another 2000 years until the place is burnt to ashes. |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 11:08pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
An Mbari near Owere in what is now Imo State Nigeria. The building is around two stories high and is surrounding by a fence and what seems to be a garden.  |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by Rossikk(m): 11:13pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
Thousands of years ago, our ancestors built huge temples to their Gods, in Nubia, Egypt etc. We need to return to that tradition, starting with a National Temple in Abuja. 1 Like |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 11:19pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
 "25 May 1905. Ibiaku-Ikot-Udum [Akwa Ibom, Nigeria]. [Ibibio] Woman’s spirit house. Charles S. Partridge" |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 11:20pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
 "Mbari shrine. Photo by Zbigniew Dmochowski, 1960s. Mbari are votive shrines found in the Owerri area of Imo State Nigeria among the Urata Igbo people and their neighbours." |
| Re: Traditional Religious Buildings Of Africa by ezeagu(m): 11:21pm On Dec 23, 2012 |
 "18 April 1903 Juju erections in Kurikka’s compound near A.D.C.’s house Aro-Chuku [now in Abia State, Nigeria] Charles Partridge" |
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