Fasahar Akan

Fasaha na Akan wani nau'i ne na fasaha da ya samo asali daga mutanen Akan na yammacin Afirka. An kuma san fasahar Akan don ƙwararrun al'adun fasaha, waɗanda suka haɗa da saka, sassaka, Ma'aunin gwal na Akan, da kayan adon zinariya da na azurfa. An san mutanen Akan saboda ƙaƙƙarfan alaƙa tsakanin maganganun gani da magana da haɗakar fasaha da falsafa ta musamman. Al'adar Akan tana daraja zinare sama da duk wasu karafa, don haka zane-zane da kayan adon da aka yi da zinare suna nuna kima mai yawa, ko an yi shi don bayyanar, zane-zane, ko ƙarin dalilai na kasuwanci.

 Girman gwal. 
Ɗaya daga cikin fitattun sassan fasahar Akan shine ma'aunin gwal na Akan. An yi ma'aunin zinariya da tagulla, da tagulla, da tagulla. An jefa su ta hanyar yin simintin simintin gyare-gyaren da aka fi sani da fasahar ɓataccen abu ko "cire perdue". An ƙirƙiri ma'aunin zinare don mu'amalar tattalin arziki da ta shafi zinari. Ko da yake ba a bayyana lokacin da aka fara gabatar da taron ma'aunin nauyi ba, amma masana sun yi nuni da cewa, 'yan Akan sun fara cinikin zinare da 'yan kasuwa musulmi daga yankin yammacin Afirka, tun kafin haduwar Turai. Tsarin nauyinsu ya yi daidai da tsarin nauyin Musulunci na Arewacin Afirka, kuma da alama yana cikin farkon cinikin yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara.

Ma'aunin gwal ɗin ya yi aiki da yawa a cikin al'adarsu da rayuwar yau da kullun. Ana amfani da ma'aunin gwal na Akan azaman ma'auni akan ma'auni da ake amfani da su a cinikin zinare, abubuwan gani na al'adar baka, wakilcin karin magana, azaman rubutun hoto a tsarin zamantakewa da siyasa, da tsarin ilimin mutanen Akan. An yi amfani da ma'aunin zinare a cikin kasuwancin yau da kullun da kasuwanci, da kuma a cikin lissafin kuɗi, azaman nau'in juzu'i ko ƙira. A cewar masanin Akan Nitecki, an halicci ma'aunin gwal na Akan kuma an yi amfani da su kamar harshen magana don tunawa da al'amuran zamantakewa ko na tarihi, don bayyana ra'ayi na falsafa ko addini, buri, da mafarkai, ko kawai don yin tambayoyi, ko nuna rashin jin daɗi". Dala na Akan sun kasance tabbataccen shaida game da yadda mai zanen ke ji game da kansu da kuma manyan al'amuran rayuwa da matsaloli kamar aure, 'ya'ya, rashin adalci, da rikice-rikice na sirri da na jaha.

Akwai manyan nau'ikan gwal guda huɗu, bisa ga abin da aka kwatanta. Nau'in ma'aunin zinare na farko yana kwatanta mutane. Na biyu ya ƙunshi flora da fauna na gida. Kashi na uku ana kwatanta su da abubuwan da mutum ya yi. Rukunin ƙarshe na ƙayyadaddun bayanai ne kuma buɗe don fassarar mutum ɗaya.

 Kayan ado 
Kayan ado na al'adan Akan yana da nau'i-nau'i iri-iri. Mutanen Akan suna yin suturar wuya, daɗaɗɗen wuyan hannu, rigar gwiwar hannu, rigar gwiwa, da rigar ƙafar ƙafa. Kayan ado na musamman na jinsi sun haɗa da fil ɗin hula da ɗigon kai ga maza da ƴan kunne da kuma turaren gashi ga mata.

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