Nanga Bong
Nanga may be: *Nanga (instrument), an Egyptian musical instrument *Nanga (Japanese painting) *Nanga Brook, Western Australia *Nanga of Kongo, second ruler or manikongo of the Central African kingdom of Kongo *Nanga subcaste of the Sial (tribe) in Pakistan *N'anga, name of African traditional healer in Zimbabwe See also *Nanga Parbat (other) **Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat () (; ), known locally as Diamer (), is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth and its summit is at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-a ...

Nanga (instrument)
African harps, particularly arched or "bow" harps, are found in several Sub-Saharan African music traditions, particularly in the north-east. Used from early times in Africa, they resemble the form of harps in ancient Egypt with a vaulted body of wood, parchment faced, and a neck, perpendicular to the resonant face, on which the strings are wound. Ancient Egyptian harps The oldest depictions of harps without a forepillar can be seen adjacent to the Near East, in the wall paintings of ancient Egyptian tombs in the Nile Valley, which date from as early as 3000 BCE. These murals show an instrument that closely resembles the hunter's bow, without the pillar that we find in modern harps. The oldest depictions of harps in Africa date back to the 4th Dynasty of Egypt (around 2500 BC). They represent the already fully developed type of bowed harp with a short spade or shovel-shaped resonance box, which presumably dates back to the 1st dynasty (beginning of the 3rd millennium) ...
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Nanga (Japanese Painting)
, also known as , was a school of Japanese painting which flourished in the late Edo period among artists who considered themselves literati, or intellectuals. While each of these artists was, almost by definition, unique and independent, they all shared an admiration for traditional Chinese culture. Their paintings, usually in monochrome black ink, sometimes with light color, and nearly always depicting Chinese landscapes or similar subjects, were patterned after Chinese literati painting, called ''wenrenhua'' () in Chinese. Etymology The name ''nanga'' is an abbreviation of ''nanshūga'', referring to the Southern School () of Chinese painting, which is also called " literati painting" (). History Chinese literati painting focused on expressing the rhythm of nature, rather than the technical realistic depiction of it. At the same time, however, the artist was encouraged to display a cold lack of affection for the painting, as if he, as an intellectual, was above caring ...
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Nanga Brook, Western Australia
Nanga Brook is a former town located in the Peel region of Western Australia in the Lane Poole Reserve between Dwellingup and Waroona. History The area was home to a milling town that operated from about 1900 until the 1961 Western Australian bushfires. Timber was taken from the area as early as 1898, and in 1902 a lease was granted to Yarloop-based Millars Karri & Jarrah Company (formerly Millar Brothers). The Nanga Mill was the biggest in the area for many years, at times employing over 100 men. In 1909 a townsite was laid out and built by Millars, complete with 56 homes and several other lodgings, a store, butcher, hall, billiard room and school. Later, three tennis courts and a sports oval were added. The two World Wars affected production greatly, with many of the mill workers either fighting overseas or serving in home defence. The Great Depression also saw many mill hands leave the area as wages were not covering food and other necessities. In 1941, the original mi ...
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Nanga Of Kongo
Quinanga of Kongo (''c.'' 1381-''c.'' 1435) was the second ruler or manikongo of the Central African kingdom of Kongo, from the Lukeni kanda dynasty. He was born around 1381 and the dates and events of his reign are not exact, but he ruled from around 1420 to around 1435, when he died. It is known that he was a cousin of the kingdom's founder, Lukeni lua Nimi. See also *List of rulers of Kongo *Kingdom of Kongo The Kingdom of Kongo ( or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' ) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. At its gre ... References Kongolese royalty Manikongo of Kongo 15th-century monarchs in Africa {{Africa-hist-stub ...
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Sial (tribe)
The Sial or Siyal ( Punjabi and Urdu: سيال) is a Punjabi clan found in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, split between India and Pakistan. Ethnographic classification According to the Bardic traditions, Sials descended from a certain Rai Shankar, a Parmar Rajput. Rai Shankar had three sons: Seo, Teo and Gheo, the ancestors of Sial, Tiwana and Gheba clans, respectively. Denzil Ibbetson, an administrator of the British Raj, classified the Sial as a Rajput tribe. However, they are also classified as Jats. Following the introduction of the Punjab Land Alienation Act in 1900, the authorities of the Raj classified the Sials who inhabited the Punjab as an "agricultural tribe", a term that was administratively synonymous with the " martial race" classification that was used for the purposes of determining the suitability of a person as a recruit to the British Indian Army. History During the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century periods of the Mughal Empire, t ...
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N'anga
A ''nganga'' (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a Shamanism, spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo people, Kongo and Ambundu, Mbundu people were transported during the Atlantic slave trade, such as Brazil, the southern United States, Haiti and Cuba. Etymology ''Nganga'' means "expert" in the Kongo language, Kikongo language. The Portuguese corruption of the meaning was "fetisher." It could also be derived from ''-ganga'', which means "medicine" in Proto-Bantu. As this term is a multiple reflex of a Proto-Bantu root, there are slight variations on the term throughout the entire Bantu-speaking world. Central Africa In the Kingdom of Kongo and the Kingdom of Ndongo, expert healers, known as ''banganga'', underwent extensive training to commune with the ancestors in the spiritual realms and seek guidance from them. They possessed the skill to communicate with the anc ...
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Nanga Parbat (other)
Nanga Parbat is a mountain of the Himalayas, and the ninth-highest in the world. Nanga Parbat may also refer to: * ''Nanga Parbat'' (film), a 2010 film * Nanga Parbat Mountain (Canada), a mountain on the border of Alberta and British Columbia See also * Nanga (other) * Diamer (other), another name of the mountain * 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre, a mass murder *Nanda Parbat Nanda Parbat () is a fictional city in the DC Comics universe. It first appeared in '' Strange Adventures'' #216 (February 1969), created by Neal Adams. It is named after the Himalayan peak Nanga Parbat, with the first name mixed with another H ...