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Stack of Adire Yoruba women wearing adire clothing on movie set. Adire textile is a type of dyed cloth from south west Nigeria traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. [1] [2] The word 'Adire' originally derives from the Yoruba words 'adi' which means to tie and 're' meaning to dye. [3]
Adire: a Yoruba tie-dyed or resist-dyed fabric that is made by applying wax or starch to certain parts of the cloth before dyeing it. Adire can be made from various fabrics, such as cotton, silk, or rayon. Adire has three main different types: Adire Eleko, Adire Oniko and Adire Alabere.
Adire textile staining. Adire Eleko example. Davies-Okundaye strives to improve lives of disadvantaged women in Nigeria through art. She teaches the unique techniques of indigo cloth-dyeing (Adire) to rural women at her workshop in south-west Nigeria. She hopes to revive the centuries-old tradition and the lives of these women. [10]
Opa aro: a dark blue woven cloth in solid colour broken with a stripe of green. [7] Ifun or fu: a combination of light brown and navy blue woven cloth. [7] Waka: a woven cloth of solid black background with one or two warp stripes of red. [7] Aso-ipo, ifale, abata, and aponuponyin which are red woven clothes [7] Aso Oke comes in various ...
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[31] cloth can be used to commemorate a certain person, event, and even a political cause. Much of the history conveyed had more to do with how others impacted the African people, rather than about the African people themselves. The tapestries tell stories of Roman and Arab invasions, and how the impact of Islam and Christianity affected ...