Velours du Kasaï
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Velours du Kasaï
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Velours du Kasaï is a kind of textile fabric made in Kasai, a province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaïre). Traditionally, the weaving is done by men of the Shoowa from the Kuba ethnic group, while the embroidery is reserved to women. Ideally, the embroiderers should be pregnant. The technique is still practised. Originally, the cloth was made using beaten wood bark; however, since the introduction of raffia, only vestiges of this remain. Some belts (duun) are still made in bark; the
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Textile fabric made in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velours_du_Kasa%C3%AF
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2024-03-11T22:39:10Z
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