costumes

25 March 2023

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All went well. We met up with the our travel group and the truck around lunchtime, which we celebrated without food, but with lots of beer. And then we climbed onto the truck again, and all was as before. Except that the group seemed rather exhausted – especially compared to our pretty relaxed last few … Read more

KinAct – Kinshasa’s Costume Festival

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When it comes to African costumes, we mostly have stereotype images in mind, of the tribal dance costumes, made of raffia, feathers, extravagant headdresses and the like; or what about the necklaces of colourful beads, popular amongst the Masai? But the costumes of the KinAct festival, organised – I think – annually in August, in … Read more