Traditional Costumes Of "East Canada"

In Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and other East African countries, the most traditional and popular clothing is "Canada."

It doesn't look like two pieces of cloth.

How do I wear it?

Today we will take you to Kenya to see the role played by "Canada" in the local life.

Canton is the most popular traditional costume in East Africa

In terms of shape, he is a very large rectangle.

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The cloth is surrounded by wide sides, with colorful patterns in the middle. It is rich in patterns from flower patterns, stripes to landscape trees, flowers, birds, insects and fish.

There are many ways to wear them.

The most common are wrapping from the neck to the knees or from the chest to the toes.

Usually people will buy a piece of candy in pairs, one for wrapping and one for Baotou.

It's not just a kind of candy.

It is also a tool to convey information.

Because every piece of Swahili can be written in a sentence. It can be a political slogan or a declaration of love.

It is said that the local people choose to choose the text before choosing the colors and styles.

When the other people send to Canada, the words written by the Canadian are often representative of what the other person wants to express.

Besides making clothes, he can also serve as tablecloths and sheets.

Aprons, school bags and even children's diapers.

In Kenya, the shadow of "Canada" can be seen everywhere.

These people are Marseilles living in Kenya and nomadic.

When important ceremonies are held, Marseilles will wear beautiful red Canada.

Red has also become the mark color of Marseilles.

This is the Sika cloth factory in Kenya.

Since 1969, the Sika cloth factory has started producing all kinds of colors and patterns.

Marseilles are their main customers.

But now, in addition to the production of Canada, the cloth factory also began to produce western style clothing.

In the past years, the demand of Marseilles for Canada has been decreasing year by year.

In the past, the factory produced 500 thousand meters per month.

But this year, the average monthly output of the factory is fifteen thousand meters.

Now in Kenya, more and more young people choose to wear trousers.

Instead of "don".

Many people say that giving up the city is because it is not suitable for the modern way of life.

But even so, Kenya people and many East Africans still have deep feelings for the city.

On many important occasions, the East African people still choose to wear it.

Just as the occasions and times of wearing Canga gradually decrease, can traditional Canga continue in modern life?

And to survive for a long time is indeed a question worth pondering.