#kongo

[amenalyme]

Finally completed my goal to draw every relevant houseki no kuni character and their notable alternative forms

Been chipping away at this since spring

If I'm ever bored enough i might continue this with either the minor gems that were captured before the start of the series, or the lunarian forms or hibernation outfits. But it's not in the plans in the near future

[shimamom]

i desperately need november to end

[jamabushi]

[alirex-art]

Gem June'25 ★ 4 - Kongo 🪨

[bernkastel-ao3]

[feminineforms]

female figure with child, Kongo art (late 19th to early 20th century)

[kemetic-dreams]

Bakongo spiritual protections influenced African American yard decorations. In Central Africa, Bantu-Kongo people decorated their yards and entrances to doorways with baskets and broken shiny items to protect from evil spirits and thieves.

This practice is the origin of the bottle tree in Hoodoo. Throughout the American South in African American neighborhoods, there are some houses that have bottle trees and baskets placed at entrances to doorways for spiritual protection against conjure and evil spirits.

In addition, nkisi culture influenced jar container magic. An African American man in North Carolina buried a jar under the steps with water and string in it for protection. If someone conjured him the string would turn into a snake. The man interviewed called it inkabera

[matriarchy-au]

Queen Diambi Kabatusuila is queen of the Bakwa Luntu of Central Kasaï, in the historic Kingdom of Luba (now part of the Democratic Republic of Congo). Her name means "the bearer of good news" She is an environmental activist and the founder of the Elikia Hope Foundation.