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[16] [20] Da Gama Textiles has made shweshwe from cotton imported from Zimbabwe and grown locally in the Eastern Cape. [14] [18] The local textile industry, including shweshwe production by Da Gama Textiles, has been threatened by competition from cheaper inferior quality imitations made locally and imported from China and Pakistan.
Zwelitsha was created in 1947 as corridor township to King William's Town to provide labour for the Good Hope Textile Factory of the Da Gama Group, South Africa. As a vestige of the liberal United Party government it had "middle class" pretensions in terms of neat schools, clinics, shopping centers, dairy, inhouse plumbing, bathrooms and toilets.
Though popular, because it was imported from other countries, it was not recognized as unique to African fashion until 1982 when a South African company, Da Gama Textiles, began producing the cloths helping make it be considered a representative fabric of South Africa. [6]
The Portuguese Chapel in Malindi, Kenya, was built c.1502 by the residents of the Portuguese factory established by Vasco da Gama during his second voyage to India. It was the first Christian place of worship to be built in East Africa. The Portuguese presence in Malindi began with the arrival of Vasco da Gama in 1498.
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town's central business district.Salt River is served by a railway station of the same name, and has the postcode 7925.
Textile factory in Lüleburgaz, west of Istanbul. Akiş Gayrimenkul: AKSGY: Real estate arm of the Akkök Group, specialising in shopping malls. Akmerkez Gayrimenkul: AKMGY: Large shopping centre in central Istanbul. Aksa: AKSA: Acrylic and carbon fibre producer in Yalova, part of the Akkök Group. Aksa Enerji: AKSEN: Electricity producer ...
Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) is a non-profit art center located at The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan. [1] [2]As the first and only art institution in Hong Kong dedicated to the preservation of textile cultural heritage, CHAT connects contemporary art, design, and history through a diverse range of projects, including exhibitions and collaborative learning programs.
The 4th Portuguese India Armada was a Portuguese fleet that sailed from Lisbon in February, 1502. Assembled on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Vasco da Gama, it was the fourth of some thirteen Portuguese India Armadas, was Gama's second trip to India, and was designed as a punitive expedition targeting Calicut to avenge the numerous defeats of the 2nd ...