bas-fonds divinisés

English translation: sacred hollows / sanctified hollows

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French term or phrase:bas-fonds divinisés
English translation:sacred hollows / sanctified hollows
Entered by: B D Finch

11:11 Jun 12, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / African land tenure and religion
French term or phrase: bas-fonds divinisés
Can there be an English term for this concept ? The country is Cameroon.
"la mise en défens et l’aménagement des zones à écologies fragiles par la promotion du développement des forêts sacrées et ***des bas-fonds divinisés*** des concessions des notables des forêts communales et communautaires de plantation"
Here is a weblink for further context : http://www.zenu.org/Les-forets-sacrees-comme-exemple.html
Francis Marche
France
Local time: 13:07
sacred hollows / sanctified hollows
Explanation:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445504588110228461/The Pac Ou Caves, in Laos, are sacred hollows in the limestone cliffs, once inhabited by Buddhist monks and now thought to be the home of guardian spirits.

www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Life_Letters.../12...
... to see in Greece, and I may perhaps cross into Africa, at least the Egyptian part. .... among the sacred hollows of Delphi, the stanzas, with which that vision had ...


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www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID... Mar 2003 - dungeons located on the west coast of Afrika (over 50 total with over 40 ... These are our sacred hollow ground and must be respected as that.

Le Grand Robert:
"Terrain bas et enfoncé. ➙ Creux, dépression, fond. Un bas-fond marécageux. Ce pré, situé dans un bas-fond, est inondé tous les hivers. Il n'a gelé, ce printemps, que dans les bas-fonds (Académie)."
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:07
Grading comment
Very helpful. Many thanks !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1sacred hollows / sanctified hollows
B D Finch
4divinised/sacred swamps
Francois Boye


  

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sacred hollows / sanctified hollows


Explanation:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445504588110228461/The Pac Ou Caves, in Laos, are sacred hollows in the limestone cliffs, once inhabited by Buddhist monks and now thought to be the home of guardian spirits.

www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Life_Letters.../12...
... to see in Greece, and I may perhaps cross into Africa, at least the Egyptian part. .... among the sacred hollows of Delphi, the stanzas, with which that vision had ...


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www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID... Mar 2003 - dungeons located on the west coast of Afrika (over 50 total with over 40 ... These are our sacred hollow ground and must be respected as that.

Le Grand Robert:
"Terrain bas et enfoncé. ➙ Creux, dépression, fond. Un bas-fond marécageux. Ce pré, situé dans un bas-fond, est inondé tous les hivers. Il n'a gelé, ce printemps, que dans les bas-fonds (Académie)."

B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:07
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Very helpful. Many thanks !

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agree  Daryo
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Daryo
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divinised/sacred swamps


Explanation:
my take

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This definition comes from the TLFI (Tresor de la Langue Francaise Informatisee):

Bas-fonds: Terrain plus bas que ceux qui l'entourent et en général marécageux :



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In a mountainous Southern part of Cameroon, the shallows are swamps most of the time

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 08:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: Why swamps?// Safer to translate it as "hollows".// So, are they only sacred during the rainy season?
1 hr
  -> In Cameroon, the hollows are swamps during the long rainy season.
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