Fly-whisk

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Goat-hide and horse-hair Hausa fly-whisk, from near Maradi, Niger, early 1960s, 28 inches (71 cm)

A fly-whisk (or fly-swish)[1] is a tool that is used to swat flies. A similar device is used as a hand fan in hot tropical climates, sometimes as part of regalia, and is called a chowrie, chāmara, or prakirnaka in South Asia and Tibet.[2][3]

In

Buddhist deities.[4][5] The fly-whisk is evident in some configurations of the Ashtamangala, employed in some traditions of murti puja, particularly Gaudiya Vaishnavism. It is also used as an accessory in the ritual aspects of folk performance traditions, especially folk-theater forms like Pala
, where it can double as a prop.

Fly-whisks are in use in parts of the contemporary

mosquitoes
and as a sacred tool for shamanistic rituals.

Fly-whisks appear frequently in the traditional regales of

Wudang quan
, each corresponding to their own respective religious philosophy.

A fly-whisk forms part of the royal regalia of Thailand. It consists of the tail hairs of a white elephant.[9] Fly-whisks were also used in Polynesian culture as a ceremonial mark of authority.[10]

Algeria incident

In 1827, the last

pretext for the French invasion of Algeria in 1830.[11]

Gallery

  • Chamara (fly-whisk) as regalia in Hindu-Buddhist iconography. 8th century Borobudur bas-relief.
    Chamara (fly-whisk) as regalia in Hindu-Buddhist iconography. 8th century Borobudur bas-relief.
  • Chamara used in Hindu puja (prayer rituals)
    Chamara used in Hindu puja (prayer rituals)
  • Orange-colored chauri used to fan Sikh scripture in respect
    Orange-colored chauri used to fan
    Sikh scripture
    in respect
  • Polynesian chasse-mouches
    Polynesian chasse-mouches

See also

References

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  1. ^ "fly, n.1", OED Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 2020-04-08
  2. ^ Gopal, Madan (1990). Gautam, K. S. (ed.). India Through the Ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 81.
  3. ISBN 978-1-932476-03-3.;
    चामर
    , Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Koeln University, Germany
  4. ^ Shiva and Parvati Archived 2007-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, Rijksmuseum, accessed 14 November 2006
  5. ISBN 9788120815346
  6. ^ "Greeting the King | Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi".
  7. ^ Dress codes and prestige staffs: constructing political authority with staffs in Tanzania Archived 2006-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Fadhili Mshana, Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World, 2002
  8. ^ Jabu Khanyile Archived 2005-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Contemporary African Music and Arts Archive, accessed 13 November 2006
  9. ^ Thai Royal Regalia Archived 2006-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, Thailand Government Public Relations Department, accessed 15 November 2006
  10. ^ Fly Whisk Handle, Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed 14 November 2006
  11. ^ "History of Algeria". HistoryWorld. Archived from the original on 2005-09-02. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
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