TYPICAL CRAFTS IN MY COUNTRY NIGERIA

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    Picture of an adire material, sewn by me

    My country is blessed with creative people who are ready to use natural resources to make creations by hand. Most of our products right from time were made handmade and they were durable before we started importing virtually everything. Nigerians are talented with handmade creations, that we make everything ranging from, Handmade clay pots, is durable and used for cooking, water storage, and decorative purposes.

    We also have the textile aspect that consist of Aso Oke popular known to the Yoruba tribe, it is A handwoven cloth that reflects the traditional attire of the tribe made into agbada or gele, For the Igbos, they make the Ukara Cloth, by applying a dye on indigo fabrics which are commonly used in ceremonies. Baskets are one of the popular crafts made in Nigeria, these are Woven from raffia, cane, or palm fronds, and can be used for storage and decoration. Beadwork, carving, tie and dye, mental work etc.

    A very popular craft in my country is Adire, also known as tie and dye. It's an outfit where the fabric is tied by peofessions so as to get the desired result, and then a dye called natural indigo is poured on it. After all this is done, the result brings about beautiful patters that are natural. Men and women adorn this beautiful outfits by creating styles that fits them. Adire is particularly known to the yorubas but it has transcended beyond different cultural backgrounds and it's worn by all. They even export the adire materials abroad.

    Wood carving of Masks, stools, doors, and figurines are a common craft in Nigeria but are peculiar to
    The Yoruba and Benin traditions. The are know to have symbolic or spiritual meanings. Back then, some carvings were used to represent spirituality, figurines were built and used in shrines to worship deities or gods, some were carved to have spiritual meanings embedded in them.

    Finally, weaving is a popular craft right from time immemorial, cane, rafia and palm fronts were woven to make baskets, mats and so on. The trend is still on that people now used these traditional material to make fashion wear like earrings, hat, decorative handbags and so on.

    SPANISH

    Mi país cuenta con la fortuna de contar con personas creativas dispuestas a utilizar recursos naturales para crear objetos artesanales. La mayoría de nuestros productos, desde tiempos inmemoriales, se fabricaban a mano y eran duraderos antes de que empezáramos a importar prácticamente todo. Los nigerianos somos expertos en la artesanía, y elaboramos todo tipo de objetos, desde ollas de barro hechas a mano, que son duraderas y se utilizan para cocinar, almacenar agua y para fines decorativos. También ofrecemos productos textiles como el Aso Oke, popular entre la tribu Yoruba. Se trata de una tela tejida a mano que refleja la vestimenta tradicional de la tribu, convertida en agbada o gele. Los Igbo elaboran la tela Ukara, que se tiñe con un tinte sobre telas índigo, comúnmente utilizadas en ceremonias. Las cestas son una de las artesanías más populares de Nigeria; se tejen con rafia, caña o hojas de palma y se pueden utilizar para almacenar y decorar. También se pueden encontrar trabajos con cuentas, tallado, teñido anudado, trabajo con hilo, etc.

    Una artesanía muy popular en mi país es el Adire, también conocido como teñido anudado. Se trata de un atuendo donde la tela se ata según las profesiones para obtener el resultado deseado, y luego se vierte sobre ella un tinte llamado índigo natural. Tras todo este proceso, el resultado crea hermosos patrones naturales. Hombres y mujeres adornan estos hermosos atuendos creando estilos que les sientan bien. El adire es particularmente conocido por los yorubas, pero ha trascendido diferentes culturas y es usado por todos. Incluso exportan los materiales del adire al extranjero.

    El tallado en madera de máscaras, taburetes, puertas y figurillas es una artesanía común en Nigeria, pero es peculiar de las tradiciones yoruba y beninés. Se sabe que tienen significados simbólicos o espirituales. En aquella época, algunas tallas se utilizaban para representar la espiritualidad; las figurillas se construían y se utilizaban en santuarios para adorar a deidades o dioses, y otras se tallaban con significados espirituales.

    Finalmente, el tejido es una artesanía popular desde tiempos inmemoriales; se tejían frentes de caña, rafia y palma para hacer cestas, esteras, etc. La tendencia sigue siendo común entre la gente hoy en día, ya que utilizan estos materiales tradicionales para confeccionar prendas de moda como aretes, sombreros, bolsos decorativos, etc.

    This is a part of my entry for the #marchinleo prompt as organized by the @leogrowth team with great initiative that members of Hive you can participate in this prompt and tackle them as you deem fit. In collaboration with the @hiveargentina community.

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