Lusona
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400px|thumb|Lusona ideograph illustrating the story of the beginning of the world Sona () drawing is an ideographic tradition known across eastern Angola, northwestern Zambia and adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is mainly practiced by the Chokwe and Luchazi peoples. These ideographs function as mnemonic devices to help remember proverbs, fables, games, riddles and animals, and to transmit knowledge.
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- described at URL
- orizzonteduemila.altervista.org/angola-sona-larte-etnomatematica-del-popolo-chokwe-candidata-a-patrimonio-dellumanita-unesco
- intangible cultural heritage status
- Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
- indigenous to
- Chokwe people
- Commons category
- Sona (ideogram)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Post-16th century
- Usage
- Mathematical properties
- Geometric algorithms
- Chaining rules and theorems
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
400px|thumb|Lusona ideograph illustrating the story of the beginning of the world Sona () drawing is an ideographic tradition known across eastern Angola, northwestern Zambia and adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is mainly practiced by the Chokwe and Luchazi peoples. These ideographs function as mnemonic devices to help remember proverbs, fables, games, riddles and animals, and to transmit knowledge.
== History == === Origins ===
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