Kala — Dikenga Collection Hoodie

Kala jet black hoodie product view, embroidery-style Kongo emblem printed on the chest, Dikenga Collection by Bana Bilaka

Kala — Dikenga Hoodie No. 02

£49.90

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Kala is the rising sun: birth, the first step, pure potential. In the dikenga cycle the new sun breaks the Kalunga line on the right-hand side, half risen, its first rays cutting upward into the dark. On this heavyweight black hoodie, the Kala emblem holds that exact moment in an embroidery-style print medallion of charcoal, ivory and pale gold: the instant before everything, when nothing has been spent and everything is still possible. Warm enough for the earliest departures. The piece for rebirths, first mornings and new chapters, hood up against the cold of the beginning.

(Français)

Kala est le soleil levant : la naissance, le premier pas, le potentiel pur. Dans le cycle du dikenga, le soleil neuf perce la ligne Kalunga à droite, à demi levé, ses premiers rayons montant dans la nuit. Sur ce hoodie noir épais, l'emblème Kala fixe cet instant exact en médaillon imprimé effet broderie, charbon, ivoire et or pâle : le moment d'avant tout, quand rien n'est dépensé et que tout est encore possible. Assez chaud pour les départs les plus tôt. La pièce des renaissances, des premiers matins et des nouveaux chapitres, capuche relevée contre le froid du commencement.

Ce que ça signifie / What it means

In Kongo cosmology, life is one sun moving through four moments: conceived at midnight (Musoni), born at dawn (Kala), at full strength at noon (Tukula), passed to the world of the ancestors at dusk (Luvemba). This cycle is the dikenga: one sun, four moments, and the Kalunga line, the water threshold between the worlds, which the cycle crosses without ever stopping.

Un seul soleil, quatre moments, et la ligne Kalunga, ce seuil d'eau entre les mondes, que le cycle traverse sans jamais s'arrêter. D'après la cosmologie kongo documentée par K.K. Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African Cosmology of the Bântu-Kôngo.

Part of Collection 01 · Dikenga : The Four Suns. Emblème No. 02 of 5.

Fabric & Fit

AWDis Just Hoods JH001 College Hoodie: 80% ringspun cotton, 20% polyester, 280 gsm with a soft brushed inner fleece. Double-fabric hood, kangaroo pouch pocket, ribbed cuffs and hem. The emblem is an embroidery-style print on the chest. Colour: Jet Black. Regular fit, true to size.