Kanga is local and most popular clothing of the women in East Africa, foremost along the coast of the Indian Ocean i.e. Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda. It is not only used as a garment but also as a means communication.

A kanga can be a declaration of love, a flirtation, an insult, a riddle, a political slogan, a famous proverb and many other things. A Kanga is a unique because it can communicate...

Many women in East Africa dress in lovely, colorful Kanga as if to compete than meets the eye. Taking a closer look at the Kanga. One can observe a Swahili quotation in a text box barely visible in the arabesques of the pattern.

Messages are what it is all about. They can be a universal proverb, a riddle an insult or ardent love declarations.

The women dressed in Kanga are in a magnetic field of communication and sometimes in a high tensioned battlefield. The African woman selects her Kanga according to text before colour and pattern. And thus the slogan is an important element of Kanga.

Kangas are bought in pairs. Two identical rectangular pieces of cotton material with a wide border around a central motif, they are of various designs, and have bold colors. One Kanga is traditionally wrapped around the body - the other one draped over the head. But variations are numerous.

Kangas are of ethical value, it's slogans in Kiswahili and designs depict the moods and the lifestyles of African people. They are more or less a part of life. When a woman becomes a mother she receives a Kanga from the baby' father saying for example : NANI KAMA NAMA (who is like a mother). The baby is born in to a soft cotton of Kanga, worn out, soft straps of Kanga can be used as nappies and the baby is of course carried in - a Kanga! Right from the start a child must adjust to a lifelong co-existence with Kangas.
There are Kangas for all important rituals in life, from birth to death, for prayers, celebration and for exorcism. There are different Kangas for sleep, for kitchen for dancing etc. Kangas are especially in Tanzania, used for education and political slogans.

Rich and poor, urban and rural woman, secretaries, doctors, lawyers, muslim and christian - everybody uses Kangas, a fashion which has spread far into the hinterland of the East African coast. It is also becoming popular among Tourist.

The Kanga has more uses than one can imagine. Some of them are as follows: A Traditional Dress, Traditional Skirt, Traditional Dance Costume, A Headpiece, Traditional Baby carry, Wall Hanging, Bedspread, Towel, Curtains, Seat Cover, Mosquito net, Table Cloth, Bedding, Sail, Windscreen, Diapers, Mop, Rug, Aprons, Belts, Folds and Knots and many more.

Whether one likes it or not, the Kangas seems to survive by adopting to changing lifestyles - even in East Africa where garments have been widely influenced by European fashion. This could be because the Kanga - apart from many other qualities - comments and discusses matters of importance such as, love, religion, politics and morals in very down to earth manner.

And we at BHAIRAV are proud to manufacture this product here in India, A product that is very much a part of life, of the African people. It's 100% cotton content and Dark Colors, avoid perspiration and transparency at the same time. The clothing suits the hot and humid environment of coastal Africa, and keeps alive the traditional sentiments in the minds of African people.

This all is made possible by modern tools of designing, processing and manufacturing.

And hence BHAIRAV Kanga is mostly preferred and popular wear of the women in the coastal East Africa.

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