Kangas with Wedding Messages

These kangas are also called visutu (plural)or kisutu (plural) and those I have found on Lamu island shops in Kenya are typically with no messages and have a unique design as demonstrated here. They are often worn for ceremonies to do with marriage, and sometimes used for spiritual events. It is interesting to note that while the original colours were black red and white,touristic demands have changed this; while the design remains the same. The light blue/white kanga shown here sends a message wishing for a happy wedding, but it is not a kisutu. A translation document is included.

Kangas with Wedding Messages.

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These kangas are also called visutu (plural)or kisutu (plural) and those I have found on Lamu island shops in Kenya are typically with no messages and have a unique design as demonstrated here. They are often worn for ceremonies to do with marriage, and sometimes used for spiritual events. It is interesting to note that while the original colours were black red and white,touristic demands have changed this; while the design remains the same. The light blue/white kanga shown here sends a message wishing for a happy wedding, but it is not a kisutu. A translation document is included.

Item Type:	Resource
Uploader:	Ms Wambui Wa-Ngatho
Added:	30 Jul 2012 14:41
Name:	Ms Wambui Wa-Ngatho
Tags:	Swahili Cultural Items, kanga, swahili, favor
Viewing permissions:	World
Course codes:	UNSPECIFIED
URI:	http://languagebox.edshare.ac.uk/id/eprint/2908

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