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Africa's natural environment, human characteristics and clothing information

The traditional dress patterns in black Africa were formed in a long time, which were influenced by the natural environment and region of black Africa, religious beliefs and the characteristics of black Africans themselves. After the formation of black African traditional costume patterns, they were handed down from generation to generation in a relatively stable way. Although western civilization had a certain influence on the cultural system of black Africa when western invaders invaded it, it had little influence on the characteristics of traditional clothing patterns in black Africa. Clothing patterns can reflect regional characteristics and human living environment. Based on the traditional thinking of black Africa, this paper discusses the influence of religion and myth on the traditional costume patterns of black Africa. First of all, define "Black Africa", and study the history, geography, race, spiritual belief and other factors of many countries included in the geographical category of Black Africa, find out their similarities and differences, especially in aesthetic aspects, and explain and demonstrate their identity. On the one hand, by looking up historical and geographical documents, research is carried out in time and space; On the other hand, through interviews with African blacks and African black businessmen living in Guangzhou, some materials are collected for research. Secondly, it demonstrates the important role of traditional religion in African black thought. In this ideology, how is the totem concept of African blacks formed, and how is this spiritual product materialized after it is formed, especially the study of early people's tattoos is one of the important ways to answer these questions. Through the study of tattoo, we can find the intersection of costume pattern and tattoo, and connect the original totem with costume pattern through this bridge. Abstract elements in totems often appear in clothing patterns. How do African blacks create totem patterns through abstract means, and how do they apply totem patterns to clothing? In addition, the color harmony of traditional black African costume patterns is also an important part of the black African costume patterns, which will be studied in detail in this paper.