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fly-whisk is a tool to swat or disturb flies. It is used as a
regalia in some cultures.
In
Indonesian art, a fly-whisk is one of the items associated with
Shiva. The fly-whisk is frequently see as an attribute of both
Hindu,
Daoist, and
Buddhist deities. The
fly-whisk is evident in some configurations of the
Ashtamangala, employed in some traditions of
murti puja, particularly the
Gaudiya Vaishnava.
Fly-whisks appear frequently in traditional regalia in many parts of the African continent. This use has sometimes carried on into modern contexts:
Kenyan leader
Jomo Kenyatta carried a fly-whisk, a mark of authority in
Maasai society, as did
Malawian leader
Hastings Banda, while
South African jazz musician
Jabu Khanyile also used a Maasai fly-whisk as a trademark when on stage.
A fly-whisk forms part of the royal regalia of
Thailand. It consists of the tail hairs of an albino elephant.
Fly-whisks were also used in
Polynesian culture as a ceremonial mark of authority.
Algeria incident
In 1827, the last
Ottoman ruler of Algeria,
Hussein Dey, struck the French Consul in the face with a fly-whisk during a dispute over unpaid French debts to Algeria. This insult became a pretext for the French invasion of Algeria in 1830.
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