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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...
- 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...
- burning straw with an iron (Gr**** sidēros, 'iron' + manteía, 'prophecy') sikidy: by drawing sixteen lines in sand (perhaps a Malagasy transliteration of...
- 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...
- Soothsayers or Astrologers, clairvoyants, Geomantics (people who practice Sikidy Geomancy drawing lines in the sand and interpreting them to tell the ****ure)...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...