As a little girl, I remember looking forward to holidays because it was travel time! My parents took us on a vacation to Korogwe and Mheza, in Tanga region, my parents birthplace, to visit our relatives.
Tanga is located on the coastal strip of the Indian Ocean on the north east of Tanzania. It is beautiful!.
I remember starting the journey to Tanga from Dar in the family station waggon, at 6am and reached Korogwe, a small town in Tanga by lunch time. The trip was such fun!
When approaching Korogwe, I was always fascinated to see huge plantations of sisal beautifully cultivated in endless rows. Dad always told us about the history of this cash crop and use of sisal.
The plantation
Sisal cut and ready to go for processing
In preparation for further process in the machine called decorticatior.
Processed sisal hand to dry for exportation.
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The Beauty
My fascination with natural fibers, and my love of creating, I dared myself to created something from this fibre. I enjoy working with ropes, different yarns and strings, so I went to a hardware shop one day and deliberately searching for sisal rope. I bought lots of it and decided to dye it in various colours. Green off course to depict the original colour of the plant, as well as other variety of colours. I got creative and.........this is what I came up with.
Photographed by: Anna Prays
Photographed by: Anna Prays
A lil je ne sais quoi !!!
The necless perhaps!
mmmh.... :) Cape?
Simply Vogue It!!!
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