Brown and Cream Shield Umembeso Cake
Lovely 2-tier Umembeso Cake. In African weddings, popular designs of traditional cakes are pots, pillows, calabash, fabric/wrappers, walking stick, beads, bible, suitcase, fruits, drums and the list goes on.
Dark Brown and Orange Umembeso Cake
Cutting the wedding cake has become the highlight of traditional wedding ceremonies. The traditional wedding cake is always a beauty to behold displaying the creativity of the cake designer. In African weddings, popular designs of traditional cakes are pots, pillows, calabash, fabric/wrappers, walking stick, beads, bible, suitcase, fruits, drums and the list goes on….
African Beads Facts
1. Beads worn in Africa are either locally produced (Krobo Beads) or sourced outside Africa ( Coral Beads) 2. Wearing beads are an expression of the culture, style, art and economy of Africans. 3. In ancient times Egyptians, Greeks, Indians and Arabs were involved in beads trading with Africans. 4. Because beads are mostly handmade,…
How Krobo Beads are made in 7 Steps
What are Krobo Beads? Krobo beads are colourful beads made by the Ashanti and Krobo tribes of Ghana from recycled glass. 1. The glass is ground, using a mortar and pestle, into fine powder. 2. Ceramic powder is then added to the sieved powder glass. This ceramic powder determines the base colour of the beads….
What Dress Styles can you make with Dashiki?
This lovely black, red and green high neck, long sleeve dashiki dress.