Weaving Across the World Weaving is a common thread among cultures around the world. Weaving is a way of producing cloth or textile. Today we have machines that weave large-scale textiles at cheap prices. Production of cloth by hand is rarely engaged in today’s Westernized societies. Not many people are thinking about how the fibers are actually constructed to make their clothes. However, in other cultures across the world the tradition of weaving still exists. By comparing three cultures that continue
In the Harn museum in Gainesville there's a large drape of cloth called “Old Man’s Cloth” by sculptor and artist El Anatsui. Anatsui is a very prominent figure in the art world, he was born in Ghana, but most of his career life was in Nigeria. Anatsui’s work is recognized all over the world and recently won the Praemium Imperiale award this year. This sculptor makes use of his materials which include copper, clay, wood, and not long ago he started to experiment with discarded metal caps from liquor
is here you’d find textiles such as Aso-Oke (ah-SHAW-okay), a woven strip cloth that is the “traditional wear of the Yoruba’s (the tribe of the southwest people in Nigeria, Africa). Aso-Oke is a cloth that is worn on special occasions by the Yoruba's usually for chieftaincy, festivals, engagement, naming ceremony and other important events” (digest.bellafricana.com). Along with Aso-Oke, there is also the indigo dyed cloth called Adire, which is made by Yoruba women. According to the book titled
greater than we think. Stoller points out one instance on the streets of Harlem in the following passage: And so they traveled uptown to invest in bolts of wholesale ‘Ghanaian kente,’ which they brought to their sweatshops in lower Manhattan, producing hundreds of ‘kente’ caps at a price cheaper than one could get by buying cloth on 125th Street and commission... ... middle of paper ... ...rs were buying the African image. These two authors proved in different ways that there are flaws in consumerism
(Gall). Another part of the Ghanaians culture is the use of traditional instruments. They use instruments like the kora which is used by people telling stories (Griffin).Another form of art commonly seen is the craft of the Kente cloth. The weaving of the famous Kente cloth began during the Ashanti empire in the 1600. A legend told to Ghanaians is that two men saw a spider create its web and they thought that it was similar to how people wove mats from plant fibers (Griffin). The Ghanaians culture
Some groups even wove coded messages into their cloths that conveyed political and philosophical thoughts. Ghanaians produced silk and intricately woven Kente cotton cloth; Mandingas and Malians wore mud cloths comprised of characteristic brown and beige patterns; and the Congolese, or Bantu people, commonly wore tufted Kuba cloths. Kongolese textiles were also distinguished for their the delicately crafted damasks, sarcenets, satins, taffeta, cloth of tissue and velvet. Professor DeGraft-Johnson
West Africa By: West Africa is know for its rich trading empire, natural landmarks, for their beautifully designed cloth, and jewelry. To begin with, West Africa is known for its interesting land features, landforms, and its gradually changing climate. For example, Lake Chad is one of West Africa's well known features. Lake Chad is one of Africa's largest freshwater lake, and is know for its shrinking over time in size. Some other rivers located in this region include the Senegal, Niger, Volta
What has this exercise revealed to you about your culture? Ten objects that are a part of my culture are churches, braids, beaded jewelry, gold jewelry, kente cloth, African wax fabric, the ideas of superiority of elders, servitude, the importance of history and the importance of hospitality. The braids, beaded jewelry, gold jewelry, kente cloth, African wax fabric represent the history of my ancestors. These are things that were done and create for many years. This exercise helped me to understand
The comparison and contrast of ceremonies performed by African religions to those of Hinduism, Buddhism and Oceanic religions Contrast-In African ceremonies birth and childhood is very sacred. A baby is never left alone. A name is not giving before the child 12th birthday, the reasoning being so that it cannot get identified by the spirit of death. In Buddhism infant are born, under normal conditions Theravadin Buddhists have the ritualistic naming at a neighboring shrine. Next, monks honor and shower
Materials and Process Visual Essay Aluminum is the most abundant and commonly used metal on earth with the second highest global production. This lustrous malleable silver metal is used in both art and design for its beauty and functionality. The lightweight and anti-corrosive qualities make it an ideal material whether one is creating sculptures or airplanes. Aluminum’s affordability and availably allow both designers and artists, regardless of social standing, to access this material with ease
A warm tropical place, where the breeze is sweet and you could hear the hills sing when the morning sun would peak its sleepy head over the night sky. My home, the home of the Idgo1, my people. I remember my life as it once was, a life of joy and yet forbidden love. I was only 13 when my life changed, the year was 1780 2 in this year my family and I would be taken in to slavery by the “Wachizugu” 3 (white man).This is my story throw the eyes as a princess trapped in a arranged marriage. “Mama”,
they become a part of who we are; our identity. My family and I identify ourselves as Ghanaians. In our family part of our tradition that I grew up with was the clothing that we wear. The Ghanaian attire is complexly patterned and brightly colored kente cloth. All of our traditional clothing is handwoven and worn by both men and women. We wear these clothes because it is a part of who we are and we take great pride in representing ourselves. Society has their own idea of how they see us. To some we are
Family 1 Background The dynamic for family one is that the mother is from India and the dad is from the USA. The mother moved to the USA as a young adult and all of her family stills lives in India. They have two children, one is 23 months and one is three and a half years old. Summary of interview They want their children to be kind and responsible people, who respect others. The mother instills Hindu values and the Father Christian values. The daughter and mother will wear Bindi’s during religious
combat this issue commoners back in Europe developed a system of trade, the Triangle Trade, a trade route that began in Europe and ended in the Americas. Ships leaving Europe first stopped in West Africa where they traded weapons, metal, liquor, and cloth in exchange for captives that were imprisoned as a result of war. The ships then traveled to America, where the slaves themselves were exchanged for goods such as, sugar, rum and salt. The ships returned home loaded with products popular with the European
Culture is an integral part of every society. Culture is a learned pattern of behavior or ways by which people live their lives or how society behaves. Some characteristics of the culture of people or a society are their music, food, laws, arts, marriage, festivals among others. Ghana is the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its independence from the British in 1957. It is located in West Africa and it consists of different ethnic groups with different dialects. One such group is the Ga-Adangbe
From the Paleolithic aura to this present day the functions of funerary art have provided the basic outlets for coming to terms with death. Funerary art is posed to bare the function of the disposal of the body; express a culture’s belief in the afterlife; the care or fear of the deceased; a part of the mourning process; the status of the individual and their family; a step to forgetting and that for the most part is for the living. Sculpture plays a predominant role in funerary art and is a common
Pedagogical classroom instruction as a means to social change: The Academic English Mastery Program (AEMP) The Academic English Mastery Program (AEMP) is a groundbreaking approach to ensuring the language and literacy acquisition of speakers of non-standard varieties in parts of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Headed by former speech pathologist Dr. Noma LeMoine, AEMP is a response to an article entitled, “The Children Can No Longer Wait: An Action Plan to End Low Achievement and Establish