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| The thread used to weave the cloth. |
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| All the Kente cloths to choose from. |
We stopped at a kente-weaving village. We were ushered into a building where many looms were set up, with many different cloths for purchase on the walls. It was very overwhelming, all the cloth and colors! Watching the weavers work with such small thread, weaving it into such beautiful patterns. Each pattern has a meaning, which they study and learn to create. Most of the men weaving said they began weaving when they were young, around 12 years of age. There were no women present as weaving is traditionally men’s work, but they did say that women do weave there. We were told that it takes 3 days to make a single strip of cloth, and 5 days to make a strip with a triple design.
