Tukula — Dikenga Collection Tee

Black model wearing the Tukula black tee, Dikenga Collection by Bana Bilaka

Tukula — Dikenga Tee No. 03

£29.90

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Tukula is the noon sun: full power, action, accomplishment. The word itself names the red camwood powder once ground for ceremonies of maturity and prestige, the colour of a life at its height. On the Tukula emblem, a large camwood-red sun dominates the zenith of the medallion, high above the Kalunga line, ringed in warm gold and rendered as an embroidery-style print on deep black. This is the piece for those who are in their hour: the launch, the defence, the stage, the day the work finally stands in full light. Not arrogance, accomplishment. The cycle gave you this moment; occupy it.

(Français)

Tukula est le soleil de midi : la pleine puissance, l'action, l'accomplissement. Le mot désigne aussi la poudre rouge de bois de cam, broyée pour les cérémonies de maturité et de prestige : la couleur d'une vie à son sommet. Sur l'emblème Tukula, un grand soleil rouge cam domine le zénith du médaillon, haut au-dessus de la ligne Kalunga, cerclé d'or chaud, en imprimé effet broderie sur noir profond. La pièce de ceux qui sont dans leur heure : le lancement, la scène, le jour où l'œuvre se tient enfin en pleine lumière. Pas de l'arrogance, de l'accomplissement. Le cycle t'a donné ce moment, occupe-le.

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. 03 of 5.

Fabric & Fit

Stanley/Stella Creator 2.0 — 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton (GOTS-certified fabric), 180 gsm single jersey, fabric washed. Colour: Black. Medium fit, true to size.