Okeyo Jumal:The Alhambra African Moors September, 2011
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Uploaded by Ajamuj on Sep 30, 2011
The Alhambra September, 2011
In the year 711, The Moors, mostly from the modern countries of Mauritania, Mali, Morocco and Algeria; crossed the Straits of Gibraltar into Visigothic Spain. (The term Moor is a Greek rooted word meaning "dark" a term used to describe African peoples from Greek and Roman times to Shakespeare's Othello.
Along with their new religion of Islam, the Moors brought Northern African culture to Spain, including musical instruments, dance, cuisine and architecture.
In the year 1492, after over 700 years of making Andalucía /Spain home, the Christian re-conquest expelled the Moors from their final Spanish province, Granada. Upon entering the fortress like palace of Alhambra, the Spanish monarchs found the palace architecture too handsome and its gardens too beautiful to destroy.
The fortress walls of the Alhambra are in sharp contrast with the blissful interior of water fountains, reflecting pools, floral gardens and shaded walkways consisting of citrus and pomegranate trees. The palace walls are gracefully etched with geometric patterns and Islamic calligraphy of Koranic verses.
The Alhambra has influenced architecture worldwide. An excellent example of the "Alhambra" style, strong outer edifice masking the enter serenity of porticos, fountains and gardens, is the city hall of Pasadena, California.
Just as native Americans are egregiously referred to as "Indians", Moorish architecture is wrongly referred to as Spanish. Moorish architecture had long since replaced the Spanish gothic style architecture in Spain.
As elegantly displayed in the Alhambra, this architectural style is the legacy of the North Africans, the Moors of Andalusia
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Luckyladybiz 3 months ago
Very well done! You speak wonderfully--nice and slow and excellent pronunciation, great job!
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