Schematic Rock Art,Rain-Making and Islam in the Ethio-Sudanese Borderlands |
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Authors: | Víctor M Fernández |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Prehistoria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Two sites with schematic rock paintings in Western Ethiopia, where Islamic ceremonies connected with rain-making are performed
and miraculous events are said to occur regularly, are interpreted in the light of such factors as the beliefs of local informants,
the Islamic appropriation of prehistoric rituals in Northern Africa, the characteristics of similar sites linked to rain-making
rituals throughout Eastern Africa and the apotropaic meaning of schematic marks in many traditional cultures. Probably painted
by the ancestors of the current Koman language speakers during the Later Stone Age or shortly afterwards, the rock art contextual
analysis reveals the complexity of interregional relationships and processes affecting the multi-ethnic frontier regions in
pre-colonial times and shows how the local groups have recombined prehistoric and historic religions and ideologies into an
original mix that bears witness to the region’s multifaceted history. |
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