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Report n°5 : "Water : symbolism and culture"
Authors
Mohamed Larbi Bouguerra
Visiting professor at the Senghor French speaking International University, Alexandria Consultant with WHO (Ecotoxicology) and UNESCO.
Table of contents
- Author's biography
- Introduction
- Water: myths, cosmogonies, symbolism and culture
- Water: the "material prima"of all ideologies
- Myths and symbols are fundamental needs
- Survival and permanence of cultural practices connected to the liquid element
- African water symbolism and its consequences
- The role of faiths in the protection of the environment
- Water is always and everywhere
- Different climes, identical practices
- Folklore and festivities: manifestations of the culture of water
- Water festivals
- Water and imaginary
- Water in the Qur'an: symbolism and foundations of a water culture
- Water: culture and civilisation
- Conclusion
- Annexes