Ancient Chinese, Kuba People, and Ancient Mayans Abstract Art and Common Culture

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Life, Death, and the Spiritual World; Abstract and Non-Representational Styles
Part 1: Life, Death, and the Spiritual WorldWhat do the Ancient Chinese, Kuba people in central Zaire, or Ancient Maya culture have in common in their representations or ideas relating to life, death, and the spiritual world?
The Ancient Chinese, Kuba people, and ancient Mayans believed in multiple gods that served different purposes. There are rituals, offerings, ceremonies, or sacrifices to appease the gods. The gods were thought to have power over nature. Among the Kuba people, there is a transition from life to death and the belief in spirits where when people die, they become a spirit. Masks are essential in the transition into adulthood and death. Among the ancient Chinese, death was associated with the afterlife, and there were provisions for the people to use.
Religious Ceremonies were among the most important among the three different groups, and there was an afterlife after death, and the soul left the body afterlife. Since death is seen as a transition and journey, human sculptures show that ceremonies, rituals, and traditions connected the dead. Ancestors with ceremonial masks and sculptures are one way to represent those who had died,...