The Spiritual Significance Behind This Color Was Important To Enslaved Africans
Black History Year
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🗓️ 22 November 2022
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Summary
Many homes proudly showcase porch ceilings, doors, and window treatments painted a specific color blue. The selection, many are surprised to learn, delves way deeper than a design preference.
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| 0:00.0 | House Design tells a forgotten history of us in. |
| 0:05.0 | Why was this color so important to enslave Africans? |
| 0:08.0 | This is two-minute black history, |
| 0:10.0 | what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:16.0 | Exodus 39.1 |
| 0:19.0 | tells us, |
| 0:20.0 | for the priests who served in the holy place, |
| 0:23.0 | they decorated finely woven garments with blue, |
| 0:26.0 | purple, and scarlet thread donated by the people. |
| 0:29.0 | Blue was special to priest, |
| 0:32.0 | but our people have a spiritual connection to this color. |
| 0:36.0 | What is it? |
| 0:41.0 | Traveling through the South, you might notice a pattern. |
| 0:44.0 | Many homes proudly showcase porch ceilings, doors, |
| 0:48.0 | and window treatments painted a specific color blue. |
| 0:52.0 | The selection, many are surprised to learn, |
| 0:55.0 | goes way deeper than a design preference. |
| 0:58.0 | The color symbolism honors many rich African spiritual traditions, |
| 1:03.0 | including honoring one Europa deity, Ayamipo. |
| 1:08.0 | Many black families believe this color blue |
| 1:12.0 | protects their families against evil spirits known as hates, |
| 1:16.0 | conjuring up the illusion of uncrossable water |
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