Sahara Kaftan

Description Shipping Sizing Made in USA 🇺🇸: The native name for the Mud cloth fabric is “Bogolanfini.” In the Malian Bambara language, Bogolanfini is made up of three words: Bogo, meaning “earth” or “mud,” lan, which means “with,” and fini, which translates to “cloth,” which is how the fabric gets its name. Traditionally, men wove strips of fabric together to create a larger canvas and women dyed it using an intricate hand-dying process. The vibrant and beautiful designs are created by painting with fermented mud or sludge. The cloth is first dyed using tea leaves and branches, then dried in the sun. Patterns, which each have cultural, historic, and geographic significance, are painted onto the cloth with mud and then washed. The process is repeated to create different patterns and hues, and then a natural bleach mixture is used to turn any yellow areas brown. Mud cloth patterns are rich in cultural significance as well; referring to historical battles, mythological concepts, or M