Hello everyone! Today I will be compiling some of my folk costume articles from SDC. This time I will focus on the African folk costumes. Unfortunately because some of the African folk costumes were hard to recreate in the game I only have 2 articles about folk costume from Africa. The 3 countries I will be showing in this article here are Nigeria and Ethiopia/Eritrea.
Nigeria:
Buba and Iro is a 2 piece set of clothing that consists of a
Buba (blouse) and waist wrapper skirt (Iro). This set is usually worn with a
head wrap called Gele. This set of clothing is one of the main traditional
clothes worn by Yoruba women. It is also a common folk costume in neighbouring
cultures but has a different name and style than Nigerian Buba and Iro. Women
in Nigeria wear Buba and Iro for special occasions and sometimes day to day
wear. The Buba and Iros for special occasions are made of exquisite traditional
fabrics. Many brides in Nigeria wear Buba and Iro for their traditional wedding
with a matching suit made for the groom.
Ethiopia and Eritrea:
The Habesha people are an ethnic group of Ethiopia and
Eritrea. Mainly they live in the Ethiopian Highlands and Eritrean Highlands.
Habesha is the word to describe a few very similar ethnic groups including
Amhara, Tigray, Tigre, Guarage, and Harari. They are of a variety of religions:
Orthodox Christian, Sunni Muslim, Catholic and Judaism.
Habesha Kemis is the name of
the dress worn by Habesha women. In English it is called "The
Ethiopian Coffee Dress". It is a long chiffon or linen dress that is
either white, grey or beige fabric. It usually has very colourful traditional
embroidery. Many women wear them with a long matching shawl called netela.
These dresses are worn on special occasions by Habesha women and are a big part
of their culture.
Thank you for reading, I will publish more like these articles soon. Then I will start on countries I didn't write articles about when I was with SDC.
-Amy Katrina
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