Cameroon Clothing
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In the northern region of Cameroon, for instance, which is predominantly muslim, arid hot with a rich flan heritage the customary traditional attire is light colorful free flow robe and head covering enriched with embroidery worn by both male and female with some gender modifications.
While in the southern region - predominantly christian, rainy, lots of forest land, and a Bantu heritage, dresses are multi-layered with fascinating mixtures and matches of customary elements embroidered on them. These dresses take a considerable about to time to produce and are very costly.
Some Cameroon Traditional Clothing Styles
In villages across Cameroon, Cameroonian men and women wear more traditional dresses while in cities the men favor more western style dresses or a modern flair of African-European attires. Cameroon city girls favor a mixture of traditional and western style dress - Pagnes along with blouses, shirts and a mixture of such called Afritude.
This is very much so in Douala - the economic capital of Cameroon and Yaounde the political Capital of Cameroon
Religion, climate and colonialism 's influence on Cameroon clothing is very visible.
Kabba - a one-piece free flowing female garments - seamlessly from neck /shoulder area to knee and below. Mostly worn for casual occasions and mostly home choirs. Prefect fot free body movement and climate condition.
Boubou - free flowing male garment consisting of one to four pieces - an inner wear, an outer wear with large pockets, a pant and a head cap. Very popular in the northern region of Cameroon and can be found in almost any part of Cameroon during special occasions.
Some Cameroon Clothing
Foulard
hat worn by elderly women
Pagnes (Sarongs aka San-njea , aka Wrapper)
blouse- style female traditional attire. Pagnes are worn by Cameroon women allover cameroon.
Gant
worn by both male and female as part of Cameroon's cultural heritage.
Chechia
a traditional Cameroon hat
Kwa
Cameroon cultural male handbag
Gandura
cameroonian male custom attire
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