What do African costumes look like?

African clothing has always been very distinctive. Most of this kind of clothing design has bright colors, strong color contrast, strong sense of general design and habitual symmetry. Most clothing styles are wide at the top and wide at the bottom, and the collar is mainly collarless or short.

African women's clothing is much more complicated. "Everyone loves beauty", and African women are no exception.

African women don't wear trousers, but they usually wear African clothes. A poor family is a package. This kind of clothing is usually off-the-shoulder, and the fabric colors are mainly brilliant red, green, indigo and cyan, while middle-aged and elderly women are mostly white and black.

African women like dresses with bright colors, rough patterns and bold lines, which are both elegant and eye-catching. In some places, the wrap covers the chest, waist and toes.

Don't underestimate a shroud, which has become a unique artistic appreciation with various patterns under the ingenious sewing of African women. Some patterns have a unique taste. Ivory Coast's "fear of nirvana" (the name of the dress) embroidered with "four feet" means that the husband and wife are inseparable, and "grilled fish" means that the husband and wife go to a restaurant together.

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Traditional East African Costume: Kanga

Kanga is the most popular traditional costume in East Africa. From the appearance, it is a large rectangular cloth. The cloth is surrounded by wide edges, with colorful patterns in the middle, ranging from plaids and stripes to landscape trees, flowers, birds, insects and fish.

Kanga can be dressed in many ways. The most common is from neck to knee or from chest to toe. Usually everyone buys kanga in pairs, one bag and one bag.

Kanga is not only a kind of clothing, but also a tool to convey information. Because every hurdle has a sentence written in Swahili, which is either an aphorism, a riddle proverb, a political slogan or a declaration of love.

It is said that Kanga, a local candidate, must first choose words, and then choose colors and styles. When you receive someone else's Kanga, Kanga's words often represent what the other person wants to express.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia -Kanga