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Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 8:14pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: Most fabrics are borrowed, what makes it yours (own them) is how you use them to create styles that define you. Ghanaian Kente is Chinese fabric but they owned it based on the style they created with it which is Ghanaian. You can make the same argument for all European clothes because cotton isn't European. The styles aren't African. Do you get my point now? Shirt is European, same for t-shirt, blazer, and suit. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Ihuomadinihu: 8:15pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:I wu nu onye ara. That's your favourite swear word! |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 8:16pm On May 09, 2015 |
Ihuomadinihu: Okay, nma can we call a truce? |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Phut(f): 8:17pm On May 09, 2015 |
cutietokunbo: I am glad you wrote "women headgear" Most women in Africa have traditionally worn scarf or head covering. The Igbo's call it Ichafu and I am sure most other ethnicities have their name for it. Most of the scarfs that are currently worn are from an imported fabric that is stiff and sort of shiny. So you can stop claiming now. P.S. This tradition of wearing head covering was so prevalent all over Africa that it was brought to the America's and the Carribean Islands by slaves 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Ihuomadinihu: 8:18pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:Still the same thing,you are still contradicting yourself. We are not talking about blazer and suits . The crux of the matter is what is unAfrican about that Igbo attire? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 8:24pm On May 09, 2015 |
Ihuomadinihu: Okay, since you insist, what is African about shirt? Is shirt, especially the one worn by the Ibo groom, an African style? |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Phut(f): 8:28pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:No I do not get you. Fashion is ever evolving and not static. Changi is a style created by us. To follow your logic, the upper body covering worn by Yoruba men can be dismissed as a shirt, as well. BTW, what is the upper body covering of Yoruba men, called? Abada/agbada is worn traditionally by Northerners as well as people from a lot of West African countries (mostly Muslim) such as Senegal. So where can we say is the source? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Phut(f): 8:29pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer: Let me too ask you my own question. What is the upper body covering of Yoruba men called and what is its source? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Ihuomadinihu: 8:31pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:Phut has already explained that. Let me ask you some questions. Is Choli(the short blouse worn by indian women), indian? Is the use of traditional veil originally a Hausa attire? As much as you don't want to hear it,fashion has evolved. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Ujupsy: 8:32pm On May 09, 2015 |
the Igbo (Nigeria) couple are just too beautiful |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 8:34pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: What has Yoruba got to do with me? Pose the question to Yoruba. I never mentioned Ibo but since y'all have turned it to Ibo, I will ask again: is shirt an Ibo style? Whatever name you call it is irrelevant, that is a shirt and it is European. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 8:37pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: I don't know and I don't think I'm interested in knowing. Can we stick to the topic? Whatever grouse y'all have with Yoruba is your prerogative. My post was based on the thread and I haven't edited it. It is still on the first page. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Phut(f): 8:43pm On May 09, 2015 |
theenii: To add: That you haven't seen doesn't mean it isn't there. You just have to open your eyes. Someone earlier on this thread implied that women's head gear is Yoruba. Meanwhile most ethnic groups in Africa wear headgear and have names for it. Igbo's call it Ichafu. I think the problem is claiming as exclusively, yours, what isn't. If none Nigerians wear something that appears similar to Iro and buba, it probably evolved independently and they have their name(s) for it. Just ask them what it is called and educate yourself, instead of claiming blindly 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by visapayless: 8:44pm On May 09, 2015 |
God bless you my broda. shikaan: |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Phut(f): 8:45pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:Well it is very much on topic. I would call what they wear a shirt as well. Which totally obliterates your argument as to what is Unafrican. Also i daresay that the Agbada's Yoruba's wear a lot of,was borrowed. Which takes us back to the claim that fashion is not static 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Ihuomadinihu: 8:46pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:You are obviously not Igbo. So who are you and where are you from. That will go a long way in solving this case. The Shirt or whatever you choose to call it,has evolved just like other Nigerian attires. When has a shirt suddenly become your reason for dismissing people's attire? I can give you a rundown of world clothings that evolved and still retained it's original identity. You stick to one definition of African clothes! You are getting confused. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by somegirl1: 8:54pm On May 09, 2015 |
cutietokunbo: Each to their own. I personally find buba and iro too plain. Doesn't allow for versatility, every woman wears the same style. But some look nice only when the colour combination is nice. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by somegirl1: 9:11pm On May 09, 2015 |
Ihuomadinihu: Nwanne gba onye ahu nkiti 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by somegirl1: 9:15pm On May 09, 2015 |
TheEqualizer: The onus is on you to prove that the attire is unAfrican. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by cutietokunbo: 9:16pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: I doff my hat for you and I accepted your submission in its totality. Why? Cos you addressed all your points without throwing any insults. However, I almost attacked you on sighting your first paragraph peace out |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by cutietokunbo: 9:17pm On May 09, 2015 |
somegirl1: Respect your submission Ma'. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by cutietokunbo: 9:19pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: What a submission!!! Respect your opinion. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by LeSudAfricaine: 10:20pm On May 09, 2015 |
Naughtysite:Utterly dumb question 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 11:11pm On May 09, 2015 |
somegirl1: How is the onus on me? The onus should be on you to prove beyond reasonable doubt that European shirt is African. Convince me. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 11:13pm On May 09, 2015 |
Ihuomadinihu: I neither said I was Ibo nor any ethnicity for that matter. Can you define what an African attire is? Would you call Ijaw/Urhobo/Itsekiri hats African hats? |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 11:14pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: Now you agree with me that it's a shirt. Can you expound on what makes an European shirt African? |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by TheEqualizer: 11:15pm On May 09, 2015 |
somegirl1: If I were to call you nkita or ezi, how would you feel? Ndo. |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by semitunde: 11:39pm On May 09, 2015 |
Ihuomadinihu: The emboldened statement, one which you had repeated previously, has knocked off the brilliace of your post and condemned it to bland hubris. Well, that's besides the fact that you judiciously post wrong information as truths. 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by semitunde: 11:48pm On May 09, 2015 |
Phut: Is his argument about fashion being borrowed or that the fashion they have now is not African. I can see your link in this because you claim that what is borrowed becomes part of the said fashion and therefore African; but then there lies the connundrum. The Yoruba attires do not have any link to other races outside africa (except maybe those taken there by slaves from same africa); while a quick look at some of the other attires from other countries reveal some parts definitely from outside of Africa. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Phut(f): 12:25am On May 10, 2015 |
TheEqualizer: Nope. I am not agreeing with you that Changi is a shirt. I am letting you know that if you describe Changi as a shirt, then by your line of reasoning, the upper body wear put on by Yoruba men should be described as a shirt as well |
Re: 10 Beautiful African Traditional Wedding Attires by Ihuomadinihu: 12:28am On May 10, 2015 |
TheEqualizer:You have not answered my question yet. What is your definition of an African attire? If it has been acquired or has evolved into an ethnic identity,will you still call it African? |
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