The Osani Circle Game

“Efé children of the Ituri Forest in Zaire (Rep. of Congo, central Africa) begin the Osani game by sitting in a circle, feet touching, all connected. Each child in turn names a round object like the sun (oi), the moon (tiba), a star (bibi) an eye (ue) and then goes on to name a figurative expression of “round” like the circle of the family, togetherness, a baby in the womb, or the cycle of the moon. As players fail to come up with a term that is “circular” they are eliminated from the game. Eventually, only one remains. Tradition has it that this player will live a long and prosperous life.”

From Connecting Dotz

SO apt for the Saggo Moon, non????

I was sent this cool card from the series In A Word…loads of fab words all explained. This person knows i love the word ‘grok’ – “to really get someone at a core level. To have an exceptional rapport with somebody or gain and instant and profound spiritual knowing…Literally means ‘to drink’. Metaphorically means ‘to take it all in’.  BUT according to this site, GROK is pronounced “grahhk”…I’ve always said it like ROCK.

But have  a look at the site: There are some fab words there & this is SO Saggo Moonie…Words like “Mokita” from Papua New Guinea, which means the truth everyone knows but nobody speaks. Or the Japanese “Koi No Yokan” which means “to sense an oncoming love affair. It refers to the intuition, upon first meeting someone that the relationship is going to evolve into a romance.”

And there is even an explanation re which of these languages are endangered. So the idea is maybe that we being to blend some of this endangered lingo into our language???  So Sagg and i can totally oblige.