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Kongo cosmogram

The Kongo cosmogram (also called yowa or dikenga cross, Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Kongo religion that depicts the physical world (Ku Nseke), the spiritual world (Ku Mpémba), the vertical Mukula line that connects the two worlds, the horizontal Kalûnga line and sacred river that runs between the two worlds…

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Affiliation
Kongo religion · Hoodoo
Ethnic group
Kongo people

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Kongo cosmogram

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples30
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Kongo cosmogram

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related to Mfinda · 16
Kongo cosmogram → Dr, Fu-Kiau, Hoodoo, Kongo, Loango, Mpémba, Nature, Ndongo, One, The, The Great Mfinda, The Kingdom, The Kongo, These, Thus, While
related to history · 12
Kongo cosmogram → Americas, Archaeological, Atlantic, Bakongo, Black Americans, Central Africa, Ethnohistorical, European, In, Kongo, The Kongo, United States
Affiliation · 1
Kongo cosmogram → Kongo religion · Hoodoo
Ethnic group · 1
Kongo cosmogram → Kongo people

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kalûnga kongo bakongo also sun cosmogram people four mbûngi cross spiritual line two worlds nzambi called world circle hoodoo moments

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kongo cosmogramAffiliationKongo religion · Hoodoo1.00infobox
Kongo cosmogramEthnic groupKongo people1.00infobox
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyEthnohistorical0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyKongo0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyEuropean0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyCentral Africa0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyIn0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyThe Kongo0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyAmericas0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyBakongo0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyAtlantic0.60section
Kongo cosmogramrelated to historyArchaeological0.60section

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