#tikar

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[lionofchaeronea]

Painted wooden mask of the Tikar people, of the Grasslands region of present-day Cameroon.  Artist unknown; late 19th or early 20th century.  Now in the Brooklyn Museum.  Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.

[armthearmour]

A Dagger/Sword (it toes the line) of the Tikar people, Cameroon, ca. 19th century, from Faganarms.

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Tikar and Bamileke History

ORIGIN OF TIKAR PEOPLE Based on historians, the Tikars ancestors was living long time ago in the Arabian Peninsula in the area between Yemen and Palestine. Some wars between Arabs make the Tikars ancestors to migrate in the area between Sudan and Egypt.

They found themselves settling in Saudi Arabia but with the domination of Islam on the rise, the ancestors of Tikars was surrounded and ordered to give all their magic power to the people in charge of Islam. All the precious belongings of the Tikar was taken and buried in a place that the Muslims consider today to be Mecca, under the Black Stone (Kaaba).But some of the Tikars was smart enough to hide some of the symbols of the Tikar. One of these power symbols was a magic arrow weapon that could fly, and another was a type of small carpet that could transport people.

After the Arabian Muslims realized that the Tikar ancestors were not submissive to their authority and they refused to convert to Islam, the Muslims started to look for a way to exterminate them. One of the elders of the Tikar ancestors had a dream or revelation that he should look at the position of the sky and follow the magic arrow and carpet until they touched down. And where this carpet and arrow touch down, it will be the final resting place of all the Tikars. The long migration process started and based on some historians it took them 150 to 250 years to follow the magic arrow.They move Egypt where they were established for a long time, to Sudan, to the Adamaoua region, to the actual Plane of Tikar in Cameroon. Adamaoua is between Nigeria and Northern part of Cameroon. It is from Adamaoua where the Tikar ancestors with the Princess WouTen migrated to create the actual Tikar land. The Tikar name came from that dispute in Adamaoua between the King of Tikar and Princess WouTen. She is the Mother of all the Tikar and by extension the Grand Mother of the Bamilekes.The Tikars were called in a language that was spoken by the Tikar ancestors when WouTen was asked by her Dad to leave the palace to go away and leave them alone.

The Princess took it as the name of her people who accompanied her. Her Dad asked her to leave the village and with the help of other Princes close to her she decided to go away. Tikar means “Leave us alone…. get away…don’t bother us”. That’s where we got the name Tikar, after that episode of dispute in Adamaoua.Remember, that part of the power of Tikar was the magic arrow? Well, when they left Egypt in the revelation it was told to them that they should not rest until the magic arrow came down and when they see it come down, that will be the final place that the ancestors want them to reside and nobody will ever defeat them in that land. The magic arrow landed in the actual Tikar land, and all the people that fought against the Tikar including the German and the French was never able to penetrate Tikar land via war.

Note: Wouten’s name in Tikar is Wouaintang (Wouaing Tang)Tikar meaning for Wouaing is a title for a princess who is from a palace or born in the palace and Tang means beautiful.

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WHAT IS YOUR ETHNICITY 1.WHAT IS YOUR ETHNICITY? AMONG YOUR RACE WHAT IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL FAMILY GROUP DO YOU BELONG TO.   Underwood’s DNA test showed that he is a descendant of the Babungo people of Cameroon. Additional DNA testing and genealogical research revealed that his African ancestry comes from the Bamum, Brong and lgbo ethnic groups of Western Africa   BHIL PEOPLE OF ASIA   ROMA PEOPLE OF EUROPE   ZULU PEOPLE OF AFRICA   SLAVS PEOPLE OF EUROPE   SPANIARDS OF EUROPE   SAMI PEOPLE OF EUROPE   AMAZIGH PEOPLE OF AFRICA   AMHARA PEOPLE OF AFRICA   PASHTUN OF ASIA   PASHAYI PEOPLE OF ASIA   WAKHI PEOPLE OF ASIA   TIKAR PEOPLE OF AFRICA   MASA PEOPLE OF AFRICA   Krio people from Sierra Leone, Yoruba people from Nigeria and Limba people from Sierra Leone 

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWkY4tHJi0o)

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Throughly charmed with our Tikar Forest Magic Pygmy Figure, with his expressive face, petite rounded shape, and seed pod jewelry. I find it hard to resist captioning him with something like “It’s only Wednesday?” or “Winter is coming” or just “…” because sometimes that’s how it i when you try to stay on top of everything happening in the world at once. This Figure is believed to represent a Spirit of the Pygmy People of the Cameroon Forests. The Tikar People believe(d) that these Figures possess Mystical Spirits and Powers derived from the Forests where Pygmy People live(d). They were used for Protection and as Fertility Figures, which are also believed to benefit their Harvests. Follow the link in our profile to make him yours! #tikar #tikarpygmy #forestmagic #cameroon #africanart #africanartcollector #mood #wednesdaymood #handcarved #seedpods #art #uniqueart #artcollector #tikarpeople #tikartribe #decorate #shop #nyc #unionsquare #beadsofparadise (at Beads of Paradise NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkMFTc2OnXK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=