What Dress Styles can you make with Dashiki?
This lovely black, red and green high neck, long sleeve dashiki dress.
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Gutwikurura is the ceremony of “unveiling”, as the bride is believed to have been “veiled” from the outside world. The Gutwikurura is actually the last phase in the Rwanda traditional wedding process. It is during this phase that the new wife is visited by her family with some gift items to help her settle in…
Can Lobola be returned?
Returning lobola is rare, even though it can be claimed according to tradition. If the man is responsible for the breakup of the marriage, he will he has no claims to the lobola. However, if the woman is responsible for the break up of the marriage, part of the lobola is returned and part is…
What are the Kikuyu Ruracio Requirements?
Ruracio simply means “dowry negotiations” or “dowry payment”. Theses days the ruracio ceremony precedes the wedding in Kikuyu. The bride price or dowry is now is determined by factors such as how educated the bride is, her career, her social class, e.t.c. The bride price usually includes: Items for the men in the family A…
“Nanka Tire” – Puff Adder’s Head (diamond patterns)
Kente Cloth Patterns and Their Meanings Symbol of exploitation or being overburdened with work. From the proverb – ” I cannot even carry the python, yet you are asking me to use the puff adder’s head as the carrying pad.” Photo of bride in Kente and red beaded dress by PK Hazel.
What is African Mud Cloth?
The Mudcloth is also called Bogolanfini, which is a combination of three words in the Bambara language of Mali: “Bogo” which means clay or mud, “lan” means “with”, while “fini” means “cloth” in the Bambara language of Mali, this clearly explains why it is simply called “Mud Cloth”. Bogolan is a handmade Traditional cloth originally…
When was Adinkra Cloth first made?
The Ashanti people began to print Adinkra symbols on cloth on the 19th century. They originally got the symbols from the cloth of the defeated king of Gyaman Kingdom in present day Côte d’Ivoire. When the Ashantis brought him down to Kumasi (present day Ghana), this was the cloth he wore. At that time…
