This is the name that the Serer carry for example : Sain, Joof, Faye, Sarr, Ngom, Njie, Ndour, Senghor, etc., (see Serer patronyms and Serer surnames for variations in spelling in the Gambia and Senegal)..
The Serer notion of balance and perfection illustrates the creation of the higher spiritual order and corresponds to the motif of chaos.
Its creation was the union of male and female principles, with Roog, the supreme transcendental principle entity, becoming the embodiment of an androgynous Godfather and Godmother.Nov 1, 2022.
The Serer notion of balance and perfection illustrates the creation of the higher spiritual order and corresponds to the motif of chaos.
Its creation was the union of male and female principles, with Roog, the supreme transcendental principle entity, becoming the embodiment of an androgynous Godfather and Godmother..
History of the Serer
The Serer people first settled along the Senegal River during the 11th and 12th centuries C.E.
Representing a sedentary society involved in agriculture and raising livestock, the Serer people developed villages that spread along the Senegal River during this time period..
The Serer religion, or a ƭat Roog ("the way of the Divine"), is the original religious beliefs, practices, and teachings of the Serer people of Senegal in West Africa.
The Serer religion believes in a universal supreme deity called Roog (or Rog)..
The Star Yoonir is a religious symbol in the Serer religion.
Its five branches are marked and observed in the classical Ndut teachings.
It is a Serer star and the symbol of the Serer people of Sine.
It has religious, medicinal and nationalistic connotations among the Serers.Nov 1, 2022.
Serer religious beliefs encompasses ancient chants and poems; veneration and offerings to Serer gods, goddesses, the pangool ( ancestral spirits and saints ); astronomy; rites of passage; medicine; cosmology and the history of the Serer people.
The Serer high priests and priestesses (the Saltigues) chart the star Sirius, known as "Yoonir" in the Serer language and some of the Cangin languages.
This star enables them to give accurate information as to when Serer farmers should start planting seeds among other things relevant to Serer lives and Serer country.
The Serer account regarding origins of the stars is found in Serer cosmology, especially the Star of "Yoonir" (in Serer and Cangin) more commonly known as the Star of Sirius, Serer- numbers and symbolism.
Yoonir (Sirius) is the Serer representation of the Universe and the transcendence.
The Serer people region is marked " Peuple Sérère " (left, center).
The Serer people are primarily found in contemporary Senegal, particularly in the west-central part of the country, running from the southern edge of Dakar to the Gambian border.
In The Gambia, they occupy parts of old "Nuimi" and "Baddibu" as well as the Gambian "Kombo".
Senegalese ethnic group
Serer creation myth
West African ethnic group
West African belief system
