Your Clothes Announce Your Social Status?This Nigerian cloth is a woven resume.
From the show
Style and StatusDiscover Aso Oke, a hand-woven textile of the Yoruba people that does more than just adorn. For centuries, this 'top cloth' served as a visual language, with its specific type and quality broadcasting a family's wealth, history, and social standing. From the prestigious wild silk 'Sanyan' to the crimson 'Alaari', learn how this fabric functioned as a status symbol at ceremonies and why it remains a powerful emblem of cultural pride in Nigeria today.
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