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There is confusion about the meaning of the word Kalunga or Calunga, which, despite the same sound, have totally different meanings: Kalunga – connected to religious beliefs, world of the ancestors, cult of the forefathers, from them came the force; Calunga – small or insignificant thing; a way to call Negros, a famous or important person.
The Kongo cosmogram (also called yowa or dikenga cross, Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Bakongo religion that depicts the physical world (Ku Nseke), the spiritual world (Ku Mpémba), the Kalûnga line that runs between the two worlds, the sacred river that forms a circle through the two worlds, the four moments of the sun, and the four elements.
As Kalûnga filled mbûngi, it created an invisible line that divided the circle in half. [7] The top half represents the physical world, or Ku Nseke, while the bottom half represents the spiritual world of the ancestors, known as Ku Mpèmba. The Kalûnga line separates these two worlds, and all living things exists on one side or another. [7]
Peacebuilding has since expanded to include many different dimensions, such as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and rebuilding governmental, economic and civil society institutions. [7] The concept was popularized in the international community through UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali 's 1992 report An Agenda for Peace .
The Kalunga Project was able to provide an avenue for Brazilian supporters to express their sentiments while still connecting with Angolans as part of a community through diaspora. [1] It is said that more than half of the African people who were transported to Brazil from Angola were from Luanda, making the Angolanidade movement that much ...
Kalunga railway station is a railway station on the South Eastern Railway network in the state of Odisha, India. It serves Kalunga village. Its code is KLG. It has ...
Sergio Sayas López (born 6 July 1979) [1] is a Spanish politician who has served in the Congress of Deputies representing Navarre since the April 2019 election.Previously, he served in the Parliament of Navarre from 2007 to 2019.
(Paz abandoned his position as ambassador in India in reaction to this event.) The essays are predominantly concerned with the theme of Mexican identity and demonstrate how, at the end of the existential labyrinth, there is a profound feeling of solitude. [1] As Paz argues: Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.