Proverbes jula CI

Proverbs are so to speak "wisdom Dioula expressed in poetry." 589 Proverbs Dioula translated into French. A proverb is a short statement expressing a popular council, a truth of common sense or experience, and became common usage. Proverbs have a special place in the traditional education system. They invite the audience to be wary of appearances and scrutinize the hidden side of things. The Dioula express their conception of life through tales and proverbs. It is through this wisdom that the ancestors were able to educate their children. With proverbs we enter deeply into the soul of the people, it captures live impressions, ideas, feelings, rules of life. Proverbs and folktales crystallize as it were the wisdom of a people. These are centuries-old experience lessons, applied to the various circumstances of practical life, the instruction of wisdom, old words.