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翻訳と辞書　辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ] スポンサード リンク Benin ancestral altars ： ウィキペディア英語版 Benin ancestral altars Some of the finest examples of art from the Benin Kingdom of south-central Nigeria were created to adorn ancestral altars. ==The role of ancestral altars in Benin culture== According to anthropologists Kulcher and Melion, art objects or visual images do not merely encode memory but actively engender modes of recollection. A Benin ancestral altar is such a locus for constructing memory. Its purpose was to establish in the most lasting way possible that the deceased had successfully fulfilled his social destiny or ''akhonmioto''. Therefore, the role of the objects on ancestral altars was to construct memory and affirm social identity. 〔 Additionally, altars serve as a site through which a living leader communicated with his ancestor via the latter's commemorative head. Ancestral altars ensure dynastic continuity and facilitate the consistent continuity of ideals of leadership. Paternal ancestral altars, ''aru erha'', consist of a raised mud platform set against a wall. A series of elongated wooden staffs, ''ukhurhe'', rest against the wall. The upper segment of the staff is hollowed out and contains a clapper inside which can be rattled when the staffs are struck on the ground, a gesture that is performed to call the ancestors. The body of the staff is segmented to represent ''ukhurhoho'', a wild plant with short branches that break off when they reach a certain length. As a result, the staff symbolizes a single lifespan, as expressed in the Edo proverb: "If ''ukhurhoho'' has not reached the promised day of one's destiny (day of one's death ), it will not break off."〔 Sumptuary laws govern the shape and composition of ancestral altars, requiring differences between commoners, chiefs and royalty. A comparison of these three types of altar will demonstrate that an increase in socioeconomic and ritual status is paralleled by an increase in the elaborateness of the altar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benin ancestral altars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.