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Statue Of Franco Luambo
The ''Statue of Franco Luambo'' (French language, French: ''Statue de Franco Luambo'') is a 2.97-meter-tall bronze sculpture depicting Congolese rumba musician Franco Luambo designed by Congolese sculptor Alfred Liyolo Limbe M'Puanga. Strategically located in the Kalamu, Kalamu commune at the :fr:Place_de_la_Victoire_(Kinshasa), Place des Artistes, within the Matonge (Kinshasa), Matonge neighborhood, the statue was inaugurated by Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon on 12 October 2015. Description Standing 1.87 meters with a base of 1.10 meters, reaching a total of 2.97 meters, the sculpture weighs 400 kilograms and portrays him in a quintessentially classic pose holding a guitar. Congolese sculptor Alfred Liyolo Limbe M'Puanga, who also sculpted the monumental Patrice Lumumba statue outside the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, prime minister's office in Kinshasa, depicts Franco Luambo mid-performance with fingers poised over the String (music), guitar string ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matonge (Kinshasa)
Matonge, or Matongé (), is a notable neighbourhood in the north of the commune of Kalamu within the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Situated between the Victoire quarter and the Stade Tata Raphaël, Matonge is known for its nightlife, including bars. There are also several recording studios based in the quarter. It is best known as a cultural and musical center of Congolese music, from where groups such as Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica launched the musical careers of numerous figures including Koffi Olomidé and King Kester Emeneya. During the colonial period, the area Former place names in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was called Renkin. References External linksDistractions Congo: A Matongé, On Ne Dort Jamais, On danseat Inter Press Service (IPS)Kinshasa-Brussels: From Matonge to Matonge at Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMAC-KMMA) {{coord, -4.3390, 15.3176, type:landmark, format=dms, display=title Populated places in Kinshasa Kalamu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem
A Requiem (Latin: ''rest'') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead () or Mass of the dead (), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is usually celebrated in the context of a funeral (where in some countries it is often called a Funeral Mass). Musical settings of the propers of the Requiem Mass are also called Requiems, and the term has subsequently been applied to other musical compositions associated with death, dying, and mourning, even when they lack religious or liturgical relevance. The term is also used for similar ceremonies outside the Catholic Church, especially in Western Rite Orthodox Christianity, the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in certain Lutheran churches. A comparable service, with a wholly different ritual form and texts, exists in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches as well as some Methodist churches. The Mass and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculptures Of Men By Country
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or moulded or cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. In addition, most ancient sculpture was painted, which has been lost. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
