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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.
Wax fabrics constitute capital goods for African women. They are therefore often retained based on their perceived market value. In Sub-Saharan Africa these textiles had an annual sales volume in 2016 of 2.1 billion yards, with an average production cost of $2.6 billion and retail value of $4 billion. [7]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity.
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.
Barragan (barragon) [1] was a Spanish term for various types of fabrics or fabric products in the Middle Ages. [2] Barragan was derived from the Arabic term barrakan, that signified heavy cotton and woolen materials. [3] Initially meaning a heavy cloth, by the 15th century it had come to mean a luxurious cloth made of silk. [2]
Ahwenepa Nkasa Fabric President Nana Akufo-Addo and Minister Kwabena Frimpong Boateng President Nana Akufo-Addo and Minister Kwabena Frimpong Boateng (cropped) This is an image of the funeral cloth of the fabric design with the Ghanaian Akan given name 'Ahwenepa nkasa'.
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The fabric is known by this name in francophone west African countries because of the image of eyes in the design. In Benin it is known as “Lisu ya Pité”. It is said that this name inferred as Lustful Eye means that females can profess their desire for males by wearing this fabric print. [1] [2] [3] The design is simply known as Eyes in ...