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| PAINTING: YAM POUNDING MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSION: 22inch by 18 inch ARTIST: Silver Ajalaye CREATION DATE: 2005 FRAME STATE: FRAMED |
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| Another prominent part of African culture. Yam pounding. Having the family as the central unit, yam plays a major part in the lives of many inhabitants of West Africa. Yams are planted extensively along the course of the Benue river. Long yam, Chinese yam, white yam, water yam, cocoyam are all varieties of these all important food crop. The New Yam festival is a time of great celebration across many West African cities. Actually tradition hold that’s no one should eat New yam until the festival has been held. Yam is eaten with African soup, mix of condiments and meats that varies from culture to culture. In Africa, yam is pounded with a mortar and pestle and the art of yam pounding is very interesting. There may be one with a single mortar and pestle, or one mortar and several pestles as seen in the painting by Silver. This normally depends on the family size. Silver paints a clear picture of rural Western Nigeria, where yam pounding occurs outside the home, with the wives, or girls pounding together. The pots of soup and water are in the fore-ground heated by fire from logs of wood. The huts are dark brown and roofed with thatch, suggesting a setting in the Northern west region. With each stroke of the pestle, these women preserve tradition by chanting and singing, and telling tso A high energy store, African pounded yam gives the strength needed to carry out the day's work. Either as a tourist or as one interested in African culture, you need to experience the feel from eating a plate of pounded yam. Having your index and middle fingers cut through the lump of yam on the right side, to dipping it in a bowl of soup, raising the mix up in the air and swallowing while drops of soup drip from the sides of your mouth is nothing short of a near heavenly experience. In Africa today, there’s widespread debate as to which is better, machine pounded and mortar. Many chose the mortar saying it is smoother and there’s love added to every stroke of pounding. Whatever your choice, this painting immortalizes a culture, a key part of African life. This painting comes in a simple polished mahogany wood frame. Give your home the African touch. Order now. |
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