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The dress was introduced by a Goan designer, Caetano Gomes, then resident in Uganda which was a British Protectorate at the time. The dress did not gain wide use until the wife of Daudi Cwa II of Buganda , the Kabaka , or king over Buganda, wore it at her 18-year-old husband's official coronation (he had been kabaka since age 1) in 1914.
The kanzu spread from the Baganda people to other ethnicities and is a national costume of Baganda men. (The Republic of Uganda has no pan-national costume for men as in neighboring Tanzania). It is a variation of the Arabic thobe. Originally, the kanzu was made from barkcloth. Today the kanzu is made from silk, cotton, poplin, or linen. Linen ...
In Uganda, the kanzu [27] is the national dress of men in the country. Women from central and eastern Uganda wear a dress with a sash tied around the waist and large exaggerated shoulders called a gomesi. [28] Women from the west and north-west drape a long cloth around their waists and shoulders called suuka. Women from the south-west wear a ...
National symbols of Uganda (1 C, 8 P) O. Organisations based in Uganda (8 C, 7 P) P. Public holidays in Uganda (3 P) R. ... Pages in category "Culture of Uganda"
National cultural Center Monument. The centre has two main components: the National Theatre and the Nommo Gallery, both of which are located in central Kampala. The National Theatre provides a venue for stage performances of different kinds, and also serves as a cinema. The Nommo Gallery features exhibitions of works of art by both Ugandan and ...
Seat of the Catholic church in Uganda Kampala More images. UG-C-022 Nabulagala Mapeera church Seat of the Anglican church in Uganda, a historic cave and historic buildings built by missionaries. The first cathedral was built in 1890–1894 of mud and wattle: Kampala More images. UG-C-023 Gadaffi Mosque
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.
Upload another image UG-E-002 Kaperabyong memorial Mass grave and site. Upload an image UG-E-003 ? Budaka Upload an image UG-E-004 ? Bududa Upload an image UG-E-005 Busoga Hill-Bukoli shrines, Buwunga Believed to be the origin of Busoga. Visited by women with fertility problems. Bugiri Upload an image UG-E-006 Wakooli shrines/palace A Nsona- Namakoko, Prince Wakoli Kaunhe, King of Bukooli and ...