The lappa is by far the most useful material ever invented. It is a simple piece of fabric that the women tie around their waist as a long skirt. The women also use the lappas to carry children on their backs and wrapped up on their head to carry items. I have seen a woman use a lappa to lie down on as a mat. Many use them as tablecloths. They use the garment to clean-up messes that their children make, then, the lappa being made out of cotton, can be easily washed. Lappas are beautiful with and can be found in an assortment of colors and patterns. Every Friday at the CHASL office we have traditional African dress day. I have a lappa I wear, and I have to say it is the most comfortable article of clothing I have! The picture below is a woman from Lunsar, a town in Sierra Leone. She is using three lappas: one to carry the child, another to carry the bucket on her head, and the other as a skirt.
I will be heading to Taiama today to hold the child malnutrition clinic on Thursday and Friday with Lucy, the local healthcare worker. I will be taking 120 kilograms of RUTF (ready-to-use therapeutic food) with me! I will be back on Friday evening. Peace!
3 comments:
wow, I can't beleive it- 120 kg of RUTF! You have been busy! The lappa was a good, creative blog idea- way to go.
I tried carrying stuff on my head with mine, but I'm not too good at it. I tried it on as a skirt too...I'm not too good at that either. I need lappa lessons.
I bet you look beautiful in your lappa. I'm thinking wedding dress lappa . . .. No seriously I bet you do look beautiful in your lappa. i love ya
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