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Can you find Ghana?

Can you find Ghana?. The Ashanti live in central Ghana in western Africa. The Ashani region of Ghana lies at the heart of the west African tropical rainforest. A long time ago in the seventeenth century Kente cloth was only worn by tribal royalty, the king.

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Can you find Ghana?

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  1. Can you find Ghana? The Ashanti live in central Ghana in western Africa. The Ashani region of Ghana lies at the heart of the west African tropical rainforest.

  2. A long time ago in the seventeenth century Kente cloth was only worn by tribal royalty, the king. Nowadays, Kente cloth is only to be worn on extremely important occasions like ceremonies, weddings and funerals. A king wearing adwinasa kente http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/cloth_kente.html

  3. Kente cloth designs vary, with the different designs, colors, and patterns each having their own special meanings and stories. Kente cloth also reflects the history of the Ashanti people. According to Ashanti legend, two farmers, Krugu Amoaya and Watah Kraban, from the village of Bonwire, came across a spider, Ananse, spinning a web. Amazed by the web’s beauty, the farmers returned to their homes eager to try and recreate the web. They wove a cloth first from white, and then black and white, fibers from a raffia tree. They then presented their cloth to the Ashanti Asantehene, or king, Nana Osei Tutu (who reigned from 1701 to 1717).

  4. Master Weaver Ekooba Gyasi of Bonwire, Ghana Kente cloth was woven by hand on looms, or weaving devices, in a tightly formed basket weave. The dense fabric was very difficult to weave, and weavers who devised new patterns were revered. Weaving done by men in West Africa. Craft passes from father to son.

  5. Asante Weavers

  6. The loom The word “Kente” means basket in the Ashanti language.

  7. Weaving — The process of forming cloth or fabric on a loom by interlacing yarn or thread (or, as in this case, paper). Loom — A frame for weaving yarn or thread into cloth or fabric. Warp — Threads running lengthwise on the loom. The warp is placed on the loom prior to beginning the weaving process. Weft — Threads that are weaved across the warp threads to form the web. Web — The cloth or fabric produced by weaving.

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