The African Culture #Clothing

in #wafrica5 years ago

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The African culture is characterized by a whole lot of things, the foods we eat, the cloth we wear, our languages, our colors, our symbols, just to mention a few. Over the years, dynamism of culture has made things such that we have adapted to the cultures of many others, the western civilization, the eastern civilization etc, irrespective of that there are some things that have not changed and still depicts the richness of the African value, one of these that am going to talk about today is our way of dressing, our clothing.

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The African Shadda or otherwise known as the African Print Wear is a fine embroidery, a cloth full of the richness of the African colors and symbols, the colors stand out together with the symbols so much so that anyone who sees them knows for a fact that it is from African or the wearer is probably from African. The popular Kente cloth is one of the expensive kente clothing one may came across, it not made in an industry with dyes and machinery, instead, it made manually with threads, it takes a long time to make and requires lots of expertise and experience to get it done, hence the high price, it does not fade and can last for a very long time so long as it is kept safe and secure from mice and other animals that may want to devour it. Symbols in our shaddas that you may come across all have their own meanings and may tell a thing or two about the wearer, however am going to leave it here and talk about the symbols later.

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