Once upon a time in a far away land, there was a ruler named King Dina Salifou .King Dina Salifou was cursed for the evil things that he was doing to his people. This curse transformed him in a wooden carved human head. The king was told in order to remove this curse; he must plan a trip in different parts of the world and collect different items throughout his journey. King Dina Salifou had a little son who was much attached to him .But, unfortunately, due to his young age he couldn’t bring him along during his trip. The king came up with an idea to use a piece of cloth with his scent on it for his son to use as a reminder of him .King Dina Salifou added some magical fragrance kept in a small jar given to him by his late father King Dina the 1st on the piece of cloth .
Prior to his departure , one last revelation was done by the oracle of the kingdom and King Dina Salifou was told to collect three chestnuts and these three chestnuts symbolizes “Equality” “Justice” and “Wisdom” .Three qualities which he has been lacking of .
The trip was conducted on the royal sail boat, which brought King Dina Salifou and his entourage to exotic places they never heard of before. The king sailed to East Africa where he met a Masai woman along the way whom gave him advice on how to be loyal to his people .She prepared a traditional Masai meal made of spicy shredded goat meat with corn flour bread that she dished in a small colorful ceramic plate. After the meal, she offered a carved wooden statue of a Masai woman to King Dina Salifou, so that he could remember of their encounter.
The king sailed to another unknown destination and ended up in North America .He came across some Native Americans in a canoe on river fishing. The king was amazed on how light the Natives embarkation was compare to the small ones used in his kingdom.
Feeling home sick, King Dian Salifou decided to head back home. Along the way, he stopped in Spain where he admired their architecture and planned to build similar houses in his kingdom. In order to that, he brought back a miniature Spanish ceramic house for his architects to copy on and build similar houses in his kingdom.
After spending time with his family. The king felt that he didn’t finish the quest that he was on. He sailed to Asia .First in Thailand, where he saw people throwing coins in a fountain then making a wish .King Dina Salifou got some coins and made a wish for his curse to be lifted. He kept some of the coins in a plastic coin holder as souvenir .Next destination was China where he received a marble carved Chinese stamp as a gift .He was able to use it as his seal. The king went to Mongolia where he learned how to make items from leather. He made himself a small wallet with some animals printing on it.
Before ending his trip, King Dina Salifou felt that he needed to bring back something special to celebrate the end of his curse. He heard of a dancing man with a drum whom he brought back with him to show his people how to celebrate and the curse was lifted ……………………….
