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Shweshwe (/ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Originally dyed indigo , the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.
To make cloth raffia fabric, fibres from raphia palm trees are harvested, the upper skin is stripped and left to dry in the sun. The fibre is then woven into skirts and wraps. Raphia weaving is also concentrated in the eastern part of Madagascar where contemporary haklkat raphia wraps are tie-dyed with multiple colors.
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Batswana wear a cotton fabric known in Setswana as Leteisi and Sotho as Shweshwe. This fabric is often used for wedding ...
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A typical kitenge pattern. Customers and visitors at a display of African kitenge clothes. A kitenge or chitenge (pl. vitenge Swahili; zitenge in Tonga) is an East African, West African and Central African piece of fabric similar to a sarong, often worn by women and wrapped around the chest or waist, over the head as a headscarf, or as a baby sling.
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Silesia (Sleazy, Slesia) was a thin twilled woven cloth made of linen [1] or cotton. [2] The term denoted a wide range of fabric grades from greige goods to dyed and finished cloth.
The fabric's design components includes a colored motif with lines and a flying bird on a plain or colored background in an oval shape. [ citation needed ] The colored motif comes in a variety of colors such as blue, yellow and green whereas the colored background of the bird comes in a variety of red, white and yellow backgrounds.