Day 3:
Today is a national holiday, the united African holiday, so the shop at ITTU is closed. In the morning we did some documentation and drawings work, and then walked from our hotel to the Engineering Guest House at KNUST, where Ben gave a talk about ADE and IDIN founding to a group of IDIN members.
After the talk, we headed to the Kumasi central market to buy some fabric to make some custom clothing from a trusted Ghanaian seamstress! Ghanaian women have a great sense of fashion and the majority wear custom clothing from colorful fabric. Each day on the commute from our hotel to ITTU we see a fashion show just by looking outside on the street.
After the talk, we headed to the Kumasi central market to buy some fabric to make some custom clothing from a trusted Ghanaian seamstress! Ghanaian women have a great sense of fashion and the majority wear custom clothing from colorful fabric. Each day on the commute from our hotel to ITTU we see a fashion show just by looking outside on the street.
The central market sold everything you can find at a big grocery store and a shopping mall, but in the open air with small "ground stands". People flowed constantly through the narrow alleys like traffic. Women holding bowls of things on their heads, and saying Ago, Ago to you if you don't move.
Sellers selling vegetables and soap/detergent, next to each other
There were at least 4 alleys of fabric sellers, and the variety of fabric are all so colorful and beautiful to make a choice very difficult.
Fabric shop with a woven type of fabric that is expensive
Fabric alley full of color
We decided to buy some batik fabric, a special soft fabric that is patterned by wax and also some block printed ones.
Tomorrow will be another full day of work at ITTU, then we are excited to visit community villages during the weekend!
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