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Sikidy is a form of
algebraic geomancy practiced by
Malagasy peoples in Madagascar. It
involves algorithmic operations performed on
random data generated...
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Renaissance Europe. In
other regions and cultures,
geomancy practices include Sikidy and Ifá (found in Africa), I
Ching and Feng s**** (found in China), Kumalak...
- cir****cision, the
wedding custom of
vodiondry and the art of
Malagasy astrology (
sikidy) are
likewise ****ociated with this king.
Andriamanelo was the
oldest son...
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burning straw with an iron (Gr**** sidēros, 'iron' + manteía, 'prophecy')
sikidy: by
drawing sixteen lines in sand (perhaps a
Malagasy transliteration of...
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Soothsayers or Astrologers, clairvoyants,
Geomantics (people who
practice Sikidy Geomancy drawing lines in the sand and
interpreting them to tell the ****ure)...
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Divinatory Device."
BULLETIN CENTER ARCH. V.5, P. 42.
Marcia Ascher,
Malagasy Sikidy: A Case in Ethnomathematics, New York:
Academic Press, 1997. Greer, John...
- the
Fandroana took
place here, and
ombiasy (astrologers)
asked to
perform sikidy (divination) for a
sovereign would do so
within this space. The building...
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common profession Sikidy is a
system of
mathematical divination used by the
ombiasa (diviner)
within the
Sakalava peoples.
Sikidy uses
acacia seeds....
- 1822 and was imprisoned,
although he was
given some freedom. He
worked the
sikidy for his
fellow prisoners. The
British administrators had
plans to further...
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prisoner back to
their village across the desert. The
witch doctor,
using sikidy,
prophesizes a
series of ****ure events,
including Makibefo's role as the...
