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Shweshwe is traditionally used to make dresses, skirts, aprons and wraparound clothing. Shweshwe clothing is traditionally worn by newly married Xhosa women, known as makoti, and married Sotho women. [9] [10] [16] [17] Xhosa women have also incorporated the fabric into their traditional ochre-coloured blanket clothing. [7] [18]
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. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
The beads and shells were also used to make jewellery and to decorate masks, ceremonial dresses, and costumes. Central Africa: Raffia weaving, embroidered gowns, crocheted gowns, and feathered hats are all unique to the country of Cameroon. The Kuba use applique to strengthen the raphia cloth used for skirts.
The traditional dress is similar to the dhoti of Southern Asia. It is also worn in the neighboring countries of Laos and Thailand where it is known as pha nung ( Thai : ผ้านุ่ง [pʰâː nûŋ] ).
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.
Women from Smilevo wearing national costumes in 1913 Woman from Bitola, dressed in traditional costume from Smilevo, photographed in the studio of the brothers Manaki in Bitola, between 1898 and 1912 Macedonian national costumes are part of the material culture of the Macedonian people and they are an important branch of the Macedonian folk art.
A growing property insurance crisis may make it hard to get a mortgage in parts of the country in the coming decades, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday in testimony before Congress.
Bengali traditional dress encompasses the clothing traditions of the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh.The attire has been influenced by centuries of cultural evolution, religious practices, and geographical conditions.