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    African Crafts for Kids- Exploring Kente Cloth Meaning Through Paper Weaving. There is this beautiful brightly colored woven cloth known as kente cloth. It has bright colors, snappy geometric patterns, and is fun to touch were you to get your hands on a piece.

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    Kente, known as nwentoma in Akan, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips made and native to the Akan ethnic group of Ghana. Akans refer to kente as nwentoma, meaning woven cloth. It is an Akan royal and sacred cloth worn only in times of extreme importance and was the cloth of kings.

    Furthermore, what are some characteristics of kente cloth designs? The predominant use of intricately textured patterns in yellows, orange and reds replicate the visual characteristics of gold dust. The cloth symbolizes WEALTH, ROYALTY, ELEGANCE, SPIRITUAL PURITY and HONORABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

    Thereof, what do the colors of the kente cloth mean?

    Symbolic Meanings of the Colors in Kente Cloth: Black – maturation, intensified spiritual energy. Blue – peacefulness, harmony and love. Green – vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, spiritual renewal. Gold – royalty, wealth, high status, glory, spiritual purity.

    What is a kente cloth graduation?

    Wearing Kente Stoles at Commencement. A growing number of black students are showing up at commencement exercises wearing brightly colored scarves known as kente stoles. Students say the stoles, decorated with patterns once favored by African royalty, show solidarity among black classmates and honor their heritage.

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