At the Ghana Art Center, many little shops had Kente fabrics. Kente is a traditional outfit. The threads are weaved and designs can be very complex. Once strips of fabric are done, they sew them together to make the kente. Colors are very vivid and bright. The pictures don't exactly do them justice, as the shops were devoid of good lighting, but you can still see how it is.
We also got to see where one of the kente weavers was working, and the tools he used. People were friendly and were nice enough to chat with us for a bit.
We went on and walked a bit more and visited some more craft shops. They sell a lot of masks, toys, figurines and many other things that I have yet to discover what they are used for. But the more we walked, the more we were bombarded with greetings and people who wanted us to stop at their place. When you have three shops that sell almost the same thing, there's really no point in going in all of them. And yet they still try to get us, haha.
Here's the kente weaver tool. I think it would take me an extremely long time to even get some threads in. I remember I wasn't especially good in weaving friend bracelets!
Here's some other decorations. All the symbols have a meaning - alas, I haven't been able to ask for them.
And here's some nice jewelry. A tad too expensive for what it is, but it was nice to know they were making it right there and with not much! I noticed when you went into a shop without being invited or dragged along, the sellers are usually a lot more enthusiastic and involved in talking with you and sharing their part of the story. But that's just me!
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