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Faso Dan Fani Strip Weaving

Also known as Faso dan fani

Faso Dan Fani Strip Weaving: photograph by Btwien
Photo: Btwien, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Throw the shuttle through a narrow loom to build a striped cotton band, following a pattern chart before sewing strips into a cloth.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Burkina Faso.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Sahel, West and Central.

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