Olubugo: Uganda’s Prestigious Barkcloth - Eucarl Wears
Olubugo is the traditional name for the barkcloth craft of the Baganda people in southern Uganda. Processed bark clothes are used for making toga, curtains, mosquito screens, wallets, bags, bedding, storage wares, and slippers, amongst others.
Olubugo (Barkcloth) - Smarthistory
The Baganda people of the Kingdom of Buganda in present-day Uganda are the largest producers of barkcloth (olubugo) in the country. Barkcloth has been continuously created since the 18th century, though its origins may date back to the founding of the kingdom itself. [1]
A New Life for Ugandan Barkcloth, a Fabric Made From Fig Trees
2018年6月7日 · It takes strength, stamina, and practice to make traditional Ugandan barkcloth. The producers of this surprisingly soft and supple material first scrape away the outer bark of fig trees called...
Barkcloth making in Uganda - intangible heritage - UNESCO
2021年9月9日 · Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda. Traditionally, craftsmen of the Ngonge clan, headed by a kaboggoza, the hereditary chief craftsman have been manufacturing bark cloth for the Baganda royal family and the rest of the community.
The ancient craft of bark cloth finds new uses - National Geographic
2018年10月9日 · Since ancient times they’ve been making a venerated fabric by pounding the inner bark of the mutuba tree (Ficus natalensis). This laborious process produces a stunning cognac-brown material held...
OLUBUGO - THE BARKCLOTH - Ganyana Safaris Uganda
2021年10月29日 · UNESCO proclaimed Ugandan barkcloth making a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda. For many years, the hereditary craftsmen of the Ngonge clan, headed by a Kaboggoza have been manufacturing bark cloth for the Baganda royal family and the rest of the community .
Bark Cloth Making In Uganda | Intangible Heritage - UNESCO
Bark-cloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda. Traditionally, craftsmen of the Ngonge clan, headed by a kaboggoza, the hereditary chief craftsman have been manufacturing bark cloth for the Baganda royal family and the rest of the community. Its preparation involves one of humankind's oldest savoir-faire, a prehistoric technique ...
World in Progress: Modern Bark Cloth in Uganda - IWMF
2016年1月27日 · In Uganda, designers are trying to revive interest in a cloth people there have been wearing for the past 600 or more years. “Bark cloth” is made from just that, the inner bark of the mutuba tree – a kind of ficus. According to UNESCO, the process for making it predates the invention of weaving.
Ugandan Bark Cloth, Where Does It Come From - afri root …
2018年1月4日 · When harvested, its bark is handcrafted by skilled artisans into a material called barkcloth, or Olubugo as it is known to the people of Uganda. Prior to the arrival of the Arabic cloth in the nineteenth century barkcloth was the traditional form of dress and to this day, is still worn by Buganda kings for official functions.
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2019年8月2日 · Olubugo (bark cloth) often invokes fear of death in many circles of Uganda's society. Yet in many others it represents original Africa and symbolizes the continent's granary of creativity and resourcefulness.