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The predominant dyed colour of the isidwaba is black. The Nazareth Baptist Church (NBC) version of the isidwaba reaches just below the knees and the pleats are broader than the usual isidwaba, as per the picture below: NBC Isidwaba full length. NBC members have a second version of the isidwaba that is natural uncoloured cowhide for daily usage.
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Uli is the name given to the traditional designs drawn by the Igbo people of Nigeria. Uli drawings are strongly linear and lack perspective; they do, however, balance positive and negative space. Designs are frequently asymmetrical, and are often painted spontaneously.
In traditional African religions, masks play an important part in many ritual ceremonies. Credit: Ndoto ya Afrika For more about this picture, see Practices and rituals in traditional African religions , Traditional African masks , African art and African sculpture .
Uli (Uri) are the curvilinear traditional designs drawn by the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. These designs are generally abstract, consisting of linear forms and geometric shapes, though there are some representational elements. Traditionally, these are either stained onto the body or painted onto the sides of buildings as murals. [1]
Wider regional trends are apparent, and sculpture is most common among "groups of settled cultivators in the areas drained by the Niger and Congo rivers" in West Africa. [1] Direct images of African deities are relatively infrequent, but masks in particular are or were often made for traditional African religious ceremonies.
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Traditional themes are categorized into geometric, figural, skewmorphic, letters, and celestiomorphic types. [ 5 ] The earliest pieces of this type were probably simple tied designs on cotton cloth, handspun and woven locally (rather like those still produced in Mali ).