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  2. Lala people - Wikipedia

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    During the ceremony, aspects of the Lala culture are shown off, like dances, dramas, and songs. [1] Traditional foods, like locally prepared beer, 'katata' and 'katubi', along with locally grown crops are displayed. [9] Traditional dress and crafts are also shown, like drawings, sculptures, hoes, axes, and others. [1]

  3. Clothing in Africa - Wikipedia

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    In Zambia, where it is known as salaula, secondhand clothing has basically become a new type of traditional clothing. Zambian cities are full of used clothing markets, which are extremely successful. Since Zambians have been wearing more western clothes, traditional textiles and crafts have seemed to become scarce.

  4. Subia people - Wikipedia

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    He was the son of a commoner, Chika, and Malyangala. Chika was a hunter from Zambia who came to live among Basubia. He died leaving his wife, Malyangala, pregnant. At the time Muniteenge Liswani I married Malyangala while she was still pregnant. Malyangala gave birth to a boy, and Liswani I gave him the name of Chika, his real father.

  5. Salaula - Wikipedia

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    The Zambian term salaula means "to select from a pile in the manner of rummaging" or for short, "to pick". [1] Some African nations such as Zambia have a vast internal consumer demand for second-hand clothes or hand-me-downs from rich nations in North America and Europe. The clothes arrive in these local markets in large bales or packages and ...

  6. Chewa people - Wikipedia

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    The Chewa (or AChewa) are a Bantu ethnic group found in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and few in Mozambique. The Chewa are closely related to people in surrounding regions such as the Tumbuka, Shona and Nsenga. They are historically also related to the Bemba, with whom they share a similar origin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  7. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Mali: Traditional mudcloth followed a specific method using weave, dye, and local mud. Desired patterns were a result of repetition of processes over time. Ghana: Adinkra symbols representing proverbs and aphorisms were stenciled on fabric using carved calabash stamps [ 23 ] and a vegetable-based dye to make Adinkra cloths traditionally worn by ...

  8. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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    Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.

  9. Luvale people - Wikipedia

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    The official traditional ceremony is Likumbi Lya Mize, and is one of the most popular traditional festivals in Zambia. [18] Taking place during the last weekend of August, it includes two initiation ceremonies, one for girls and one for boys. The name translates to "ceremony of the Mize" which is the name of the headquarters of the Luvale and ...