BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
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BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
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I mentioned to Errol Spence fans love his ring walks and he mentioned he may show respect to the Aboriginal Australians and their struggle.



🚨🔥 Vincent Kompany: “We'll give absolutely everything, really everything we have even if we have to die on the pitch”. “We believe”.





Toronto streamer finds the release date for Drake’s album and runs out with it 😭


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Benin textile industry in it peak was one of the leading fabric producers in west africa that sold fabrics to the European, this fabric was known as Isoyen by the edo people but because of how weighty it was, it was also called Ukpon nokua "big fabric" which was documented in dappers 17th century record as Moponoqua and anglicized term for ukpon n'okua. 1st frame 🔻 attached is a photo of edo men in ugbo-igieduma, a sacred Grove in igieduma performing sacred duties and in a line up with the priest showcases how the edo people dress, photo,ca.1909. Frame 2&3 🔻 Cotton spinning and an edo male cotton loom used in the city of Benin for making the edo fabric,ca.1909. In his memoir in the mid-18th century, cap du Landolphe noted that all houses in Benin had looms, which was used by the women and slaves of the home in making the exalted Benin fabric,ca.1778. Based on Graham connah archeological research, the Benin fabric excavated from the pits in Benin City's current museum ground was dated back above the 12th century. Frame 4🔻 Among the edoid groups, woven fabric is very popular, and every group has a name for her own fabric. -The Benin makes Isoyen or Asoyen, but most of which is curated by the Owina n'ido the Royal fabric makers who still make this fabric till date but for court use only. - The esans - Igbulu - The somorikas - Ikat - The Ososo - Ulalo Amongst many others. At a point, Benin sold this fabric in thousands of numbers to the portuguese as recorded by V.Fernandez and were resold in the river of Gabon, Angola, and coasta da Mina.














