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THE BEAUTIFUL SAN (BUSHMAN) ROCK ART OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
One of the greatest cultural experiences in Southern Africa (or the world for that matter) is to gaze upon the tragically beautiful rock art left us by the diminutive and peaceful hunter-gatherers collectively known as the San or 'Bushmen'. The San, who were the sole inhabitants of the region for 118,000 years, have all but ceased to exist as a distinct cultural group, but they live on in their mysterious rock art.
The San used a variety of pigments, minerals, and animal and plant materials to produce the rich colors that characterize their art. The subjects are religious. The art comprises symbols of supernatural potency, metaphors of trance experience, and hallucinations experienced by people in trance. It is not simply a narrative of stone-age life, it is deeply symbolic and mythical, and provides us with wonderful insight into these highly spiritual people.
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Photo credits: Bushman's Kloof Wilderness Reserve (Rock art in the Cedarberg Mountains).