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Osani Greeting Cards

5 for $25.00 + Shipping

“Osani, The Circle Game”

The price of $5/card is temporary and will last only through the end of the year. Ordinarily these cards retail for $8/each. Promises Films would like to thank Connecting Dotz for generously granting us permission to sell these cards at a discounted price.

A package of 5 cards (each 5” x 7”) depicting the photograph by Jean-Pierre Hallet of Pygmy chidren playing the traditional “Osani” game. Blank on the inside, and printed with the following description of the Osani game on the back:

“Pygmy kids begin the Osani game by sitting in a circle, feet touching, all connected. Each child in turn names a round object: the sun (oi), the moon (tiba), an eye (ue) — and then goes on to name a figurative expression of ‘round’ — the circle of the family, togetherness, or the cycle of the moon. As players fail to come up with a term that is ‘circular’ they drop out. Eventually, only one remains. Tradition has it that this player will live a long and prosperous life. Osani is the Pygmy word for love.”