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Imigongo (Kinyarwanda: [imiɡoːŋɡo]) is an art form popular in Rwanda traditionally made by women using cow dung. Often in the colors black, white and red, popular themes include spiral and geometric designs that are painted on walls, pottery, and canvas.
The images are produced using cow dung which is put onto wooden boards in spiral and geometric designs. The dung is left to harden and is then decorated using colours made from organic material. The traditional colours are black, white, red, grey and beige-yellow but increasingly other colours are used.
The imigongo images were originally found in Kibungo inside the walls of huts as “magical” decorations during the 18th century.
During the 1994 Genocide the skills involved almost disappeared. However, a women’s cooperative on the road to Rusumo in the Eastern Province near Kirehe has rescued and revived this uniquely Rwandan art form. Traditionally geometric designs are produced but as the women artists have grown in confidence they have begun to experiment with more modern, innovative images that convey the spirit of the Rwandan landscape, its flora and fauna and its people.
Το Imigongo (Kinyarwanda: [imiɡoːŋɡo]) είναι μια μορφή τέχνης δημοφιλή στη Ρουάντα, που παραδοσιακά γίνεται από γυναίκες που χρησιμοποιούν κοπριά αγελάδων. Συχνά στα χρώματα μαύρο, λευκό και κόκκινο, τα δημοφιλή θέματα περιλαμβάνουν σπειροειδή και γεωμετρικά σχέδια που είναι ζωγραφισμένα στους τοίχους, την αγγειοπλαστική και τον καμβά.
Οι εικόνες παράγονται με κοπριά αγελάδων που τοποθετείται σε ξύλινες σανίδες σε σπειροειδή και γεωμετρικά σχέδια. Η κοπριά αφήνεται να σκληρύνει και στη συνέχεια διακοσμείται με χρώματα από οργανικό υλικό. Τα παραδοσιακά χρώματα είναι μαύρα, λευκά, κόκκινα, γκρι και μπεζ-κίτρινα, αλλά χρησιμοποιούνται ολοένα και περισσότερα χρώματα.
Οι εικόνες imigongo βρέθηκαν αρχικά στο Kibungo μέσα στους τοίχους των καλύβων ως “μαγικές” διακοσμήσεις κατά τον 18ο αιώνα.
Κατά τη γενοκτονία του 1994, οι σχετικές δεξιότητες σχεδόν εξαφανίστηκαν. Ωστόσο, ένας γυναικείος συνεταιρισμός στο δρόμο προς το Rusumo στην ανατολική επαρχία κοντά στο Kirehe έχει διασώσει και αναβιώσει αυτή τη μοναδική τέχνη της Ρουάντα.
Παραδοσιακά γεωμετρικά σχέδια παράγονται , καθώς οι γυναίκες καλλιτέχνες έχουν αρχίσει να πειραματίζονται με πιο σύγχρονες, καινοτόμες εικόνες, που μεταφέρουν το πνεύμα του τοπίου της Ρουάντα, της χλωρίδας, της πανίδας και του λαού της.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imigongo
It is good that it returns to tradition, and women can sell paintings and make money for bread.
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Thank you for your comment. Have a nice day!!!
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Aren’t they beautiful? Your title nearly put me off but I’m glad I took a look. 🙂 🙂 Sounds like a smelly job though!
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LOL!!! Thank you for your support!!!!
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Christopher Ofili, CBE (born 10 October 1968) is a British Turner Prize-winning painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was one of the Young British Artists. (Wikipedia)
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Thank you very much for this beautiful information Derrick. I didn’t know anything about this!!
I found this to share with all !!
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jan/16/chris-ofili-gary-younge-interview
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great art EFI
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This is amazing.
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For us … for those who made them ….. i can not imagine how it is lol!!!
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So true.
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This is a most interesting article. I just like when you put something special, when you write about some totally unknown subject like this. I mean, ethic traditions in Rwanda… 🙂
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It is such a pleasure to share my stories with appreciative people. Thank you Ianus!!
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I never know that the cow dung can be used to be something creative & amazing. This is wow!
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I really do appreciate your encouraging words !!
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Very interesting to know this . The patterns are visually striking. And they remind me of Lippan kaam an art of decorating walls from Kutch region of Gujarat I have conducted workshops on them earlier like I mentioned. The reason this reminded me is the use of mud and cowdung as a binder traditionally. Of course today a lot of innovation has happened along the way.
Thanks for your lovely post.Truly informative 🙏
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I’m so grateful. Thanks for the beautiful comment Savvy!!!
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Do check out the patterns using clay dung and mirrors. https://images.app.goo.gl/3atyyhS2sBvoyTLV7
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So beautiful!! I will try to do something like this with clay!! Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration!!! Kisses !!!
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❤🤗❤
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