A Dyeing Art.Traditional Tie Dye and Batik in The Gambia. Part1 Dyeing with Indigo and Kola Nuts

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8 жыл бұрын

Anita Whittle made this 2 part film about Traditional Tie Dye and Batik in The Gambia,following her research between 1996-98.
Today, 18 years later, the same techniques continue to be used.
Part1: Dyeing with Indigo and Kola Nuts.

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@balaminceesay1548 5 жыл бұрын

That's my country the Gambia, thanks for sharing..

@wawirorandey8679 Жыл бұрын

Woowww 🥰beautiful. Nice

@delphinebole4998 4 жыл бұрын

Merveille des merveilles ! What such a beautiful art . Thanks a lot for sharing.

@juliejamison8059 3 жыл бұрын

Love this thank you

@batikb13official Жыл бұрын

Amazing.!!!!💠💠💠💠💠

@naomiomonona2875 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful art work. Tnx for sharing

@sachalangfield6616 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing & informative, what a beautiful art.

@rithamakiangi2789 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@merykanymbukanymbu5386 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much very impressed

@juliejamison8059 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@DMOguntayo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Njoofene 4 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful. I would love to see the Seereer technique of weaving and dying. Absolutely beautiful!

@madagraydaughter1016 Жыл бұрын

in Jamaica we call it Bessy which we drink as a tea. every Jamaican keep it in their home just in case someone ingest poison.

@familywhittle3800 Жыл бұрын

Is that the kola nut or indigo?

@MrRoelandus 9 ай бұрын

Superrr nice...tie dye artists❤

@zsuzsannaschenk9416 3 жыл бұрын

Great!

@msh511 4 жыл бұрын

Wow❤❤

@annk623 3 жыл бұрын

Good job

@ssfoodpicklesherbsandvlogs2244 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@nadporter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing..very informative.💕👏

@user-ex3uk5vi5h Жыл бұрын

J'aime ❤

@tabmajor27 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@sanurayasaswin 3 жыл бұрын

I want to learn this process

@nellyandon8815 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful art, made by very talented people. I would love to go and visit the place one day and join the locals to learn how to do Gambia's tie-dye. Any organized tour to go here?

@abortionismurder4265 4 жыл бұрын

i hope you pay them. Lots of folks have gone to Africa learned skills for free went back to their country profited of it and given no credit

@sekar9901 Жыл бұрын

@@abortionismurder4265 If i'm not mistaken, batik is indonesian wax resist technique. The Dutch brought them to Africa. It's become popular in africa but Indonesia barely get any credit there.

@anitawhittle Жыл бұрын

Of course they were paid when I made the film and also I bought their cloth and introduced them to new customers. One dyer Musa has since become a friend and I have taught him new techniques and introduced him to new outlets internationally where he can sell his products at a reasonable price

@abisoladamilola8678 2 жыл бұрын

Pls how is the dye mix, I mean the name of those chemicals used

@anitawhittle Жыл бұрын

The kola nut dye has no chemicals added. The indigo dye traditionally used natural ingredients from plant matter. In the video caustic soda is used as well as liquid extracted from Wanda bush roots.( although this has been since replaced with sodium hydrosulphite.)

@ManojKumar-lv8pf Жыл бұрын

My warm is batik print

@HawaBintYusuf Жыл бұрын

What is the indigo powder locally called in the Gambia

@anitawhittle Жыл бұрын

If you were buying in the small shops by the Serrekunda market in Gambia, you would ask for 'gara". This would be the indigo powder that is not made from the leaves of the indigo plant, but is the chemical equivalent. Indigo balls (made from fermented leaves from the indigo plant) are hard to find now in the Gambia. They are know in Mandinka ''kaaroo,"" Sarahuli "kaarafin" Fula "Ngra baly"and Wollof "chosane according to my indigo dyer friend Musa Jaiteh.