Igbo Clothing

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Igbo Clothing

• Yesenia Cabañas
• Period 2nd

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How is their everyday clothing?

• For everyday use men wear cotton wrapper, a
  shirt, and sandals.
• Women wear wraps for both informal and formal
  occasions. (http//find.galegroup.com).

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Formal Clothing for men

• For formal occasions men wear a long shirt, often
  decorated with tucks and embroidery, over a
  better-quality wrapper, shoes and hat.
  (http//find.galegroup.com).

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Formal clothing for women..

• Women wear wrappers for both informal and formal
  occasions the major difference between these is
  the quality of fabric. Women also wear a head
  tie, a rectangular piece of cloth that can be
  worn a number of different ways.
  (http//find.galegroup.com).

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The materials they use for clothing..

• For everyday use women, the wrapper is either
  woven or batique-dyed, often imported from
  Holland. The blouse for formal wear is made of
  lace or embroidered. (http//find.galegroup.com).

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Women..

• For women, the marking is performed as a
  preliminary to marriage and is called mbubu. The
  mbubu consist of a series of a series of small
  slits made in the flesh with a pointed razor.
  Into these slits, pellets of tightly compressed
  cotton or palm leaf are inserted, and the whole
  is smeared with charcoal. The end result is a
  regular pattern of black oval blobs which stand
  out on the skin. (http//find.galegroup.com).

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Men..

• The tribal markings of the men called ichi, are
  more elaborate and diverse. Some of the igbo
  groups use them only on the face others on the
  body as well. The latter is often part of the
  initiation ceremony. The work is done by women
  the flesh is cut in a series of lines and soot
  from cooking pot is rubbed into them to produced
  an intensely black effect. (http//find.galegroup
  .com).

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• The igbo traditional dress is a danshiki, a long,
  loose-fitting top. Formerly igbo women added
  pieces of cloth to show their material status and
  number of children.(http//find.galegroup.com).

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• At this pint in history, the only purpose of
  clothing in igboland was to cover private parts.
  Children are believed to have nothing to hide and
  are usually naked. A child may wear a string of
  beads around the waist for medical purposes or
  reasons. Igbo women always carried babies on
  their back with a strip of clothing. (Igbo
  People Clothing Cosmetic Makeupat the Time of
  Things Fall Apart).