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  2. Gomesi - Wikipedia

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    Women wearing Gomesi at a wedding in Kampala, Uganda. A gomesi, also known as a Busuuti or Bodingi, is a colorful floor-length dress. It is the most commonly used costume for women in Buganda and Busoga. [1] Traditional male attire is the kanzu.

  3. Marriage customs in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The wedding attire worn during these ceremonies depends heavily on the ethnic group being examined. Traditional African clothing is typically vibrant and colourful. These forms of attire are worn to integrate traditional African dress with modernized religious weddings.

  4. Dashiki - Wikipedia

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    A hybrid of the dashiki and caftan worn by females is a traditional male dashiki with a western skirt. Wedding colors. Grey is the traditional color for some West African weddings. Some grooms wear white dashiki suits during wedding ceremonies. Some couples wear non-traditional colors. The most common non-traditional colors are purple and blue.

  5. Wrapper (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    African and African-American women wear a wide variety of dresses, and skirt sets made out of formal fabrics as formal wear. However, the kaftan and wrapper are the two traditional choices. It is not uncommon for a woman to wear a white wedding dress when the groom wears African attire.

  6. Fashion in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Many African cultures have a characteristic traditional style of dress that is important to their heritage. Traditional garments worn in Nigeria include: The Yoruba men wear agbada , which is a formal attire, commonly worn as part of a three-piece set: an open-stitched full gown, a long-sleeved shirt, and sokoto (trousers fitted snugly at the ...

  7. Kanzu - Wikipedia

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    In Tanzania and Kenya, the bride's attire is a white wedding dress or the West African boubou. Use of wedding attire characteristic of the Great Lakes region has spread throughout the African diaspora. There are also some locals who prefer to wed in West African attire (see the dashiki). See also. Senegalese kaftan - robe worn by men in West ...