Printex Limited is situated in Accra, Ghana established in the 1950's mainly for the production of fabric.
Printex fabric designs are a blend of exotic colours of African forest. Printex produces fabrics such as suits and shirt materials, traditional African Print etc.
Printex has a wide range of Traditional African Prints and each design is sutable for every occasion.
The picture is an example of a traditional African Print for funeral ceremonies. The name of the cloth in our local language Twi is "Awurade na onim masem" meaning "Only God knows my story".
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
ANGELINA CLOTH
Monday, 28 May 2012
ADINKRA FUNERAL CLOTH
Adinkra means goodbye or farewell in the Twi language of the Akan ethnic group.It has been the tradition of the Akan especially, the Ashanti's wear cloths decorated with Adinkra symbols on important occassions especially at funeral of family relations and friends.
The Adinkra cloth signify their sorrow and to bid farewell to the deceased. But in recent times the Adinkra cloth has different varieties for funeral ceremonies and for social gathering.
This is a picture of an Adinkra cloth used for funeral ceremonies. The name of this cloth in the twi ghanaian language "Obaatanpa ben na yebena se wo",which means "there is no mother like you".
The Adinkra cloth signify their sorrow and to bid farewell to the deceased. But in recent times the Adinkra cloth has different varieties for funeral ceremonies and for social gathering.
This is a picture of an Adinkra cloth used for funeral ceremonies. The name of this cloth in the twi ghanaian language "Obaatanpa ben na yebena se wo",which means "there is no mother like you".
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