{"id":63,"date":"2015-06-08T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/jpv\/2015\/06\/08\/a-la-decouverte-du-kente-la-magnifique-etoffe-des-rois-ashantis-du-ghana\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T11:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:30:57","slug":"a-la-decouverte-du-kente-la-magnifique-etoffe-des-rois-ashantis-du-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/08\/a-la-decouverte-du-kente-la-magnifique-etoffe-des-rois-ashantis-du-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"A LA DECOUVERTE DU KENTE,  LA MAGNIFIQUE ETOFFE DES ROIS ASHANTIS DU GHANA"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\" aligncenter\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-K1b-yIBLCDE\/VPSPgPftElI\/AAAAAAAArBo\/ifr0FljC5-g\/s1600\/P1140028.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-K1b-yIBLCDE\/VPSPgPftElI\/AAAAAAAArBo\/ifr0FljC5-g\/s1600\/P1140028.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>\u00e9toffes de kente. Kente Centre du village d&rsquo;Adanwomase<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Frissons et sensations fortes garanties au\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/17\/portfolio-adrenaline-sur-la-canopy-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kakum National Park<\/a><\/strong>, \u00a0charmes incontestables du\u00a0<strong>village lacustre sur pilotis de\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/nzulezo-lautre-village-sur-pilotis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nzulezo<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0mais aussi du<strong> lac\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/30\/portfolio-bosumtwi-la-beaute-d-un-lac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bosumtwi<\/a><\/strong>, qui\u00e9tude et salvatrice\u00a0<strong>fra\u00eecheur des jardins d&rsquo;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/01\/les-surprises-daburi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aburi<\/a><\/strong>, calme luxe et volupt\u00e9 offerts par certains de ses <strong>bijoux\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/26\/akwaaba-in-ghana-3-regions-et-4-hotels-de-reve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">h\u00f4teliers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0, avec une mention sp\u00e9ciale pour l&rsquo;exclusif <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/17\/zaina-lodge-linedit-ecolodge-du-nord-du-ghana\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Zaina Lodge<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0ainsi que surprenante <strong>d\u00e9couverte de l&rsquo;art fun\u00e9raire\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/09\/mise-en-biere-artistique-ou-quand-les-apparences-sont-trompeuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artistique<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0sont quelques unes des, multiples, facettes du tourisme ghan\u00e9en dont j&rsquo;ai pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment eu \u00e0 vous parler sur le blog.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Je dis \u00e0 dessein multiples car le <strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/category\/afrique\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a><\/strong>, ce pays anglophone d&rsquo;Afrique de l&rsquo;Ouest, dont la r\u00e9cente campagne du #YearOfReturn , initi\u00e9e en 2019, a rencontr\u00e9 un important engouement aupr\u00e8s de la Diaspora africaine,\u00a0<strong>a<\/strong> bien \u00e9videmment<strong> d&rsquo;autres superbes attraits touristiques.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notamment les <strong>jolies plages, telles Buxua et Axim, de la c\u00f4te ouest<\/strong>\u00a0;\u00a0\u00a0<strong>son septentrional\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/20\/zaina-lodge-to-safari-or-not-to-safari\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mole National Park<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <strong>Accra<\/strong>\u00a0, sa\u00a0tr\u00e9pidante\u00a0capitale;\u00a0<strong>\u00a0ses lieux de m\u00e9moire , \u00e0 l\u2019instar des anciens forts n\u00e9griers d\u2019Elmina et Cape Coast, li\u00e9s au commerce triangulaire;\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0ses <strong>mines d&rsquo;or<\/strong>, encore exploit\u00e9es, <strong>d&rsquo;Obuasi<\/strong> (lesquelles n&rsquo;\u00e9taient malheureusement plus visitables par les touristes lors de mon passage, fin 2013, dans la r\u00e9gion )<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-SZNM3V6Vogc\/VPSGRKThbOI\/AAAAAAAAq9Y\/jGxpJW_9dbo\/s1600\/P1090483.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-SZNM3V6Vogc\/VPSGRKThbOI\/AAAAAAAAq9Y\/jGxpJW_9dbo\/s640\/P1090483.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">pancarte indiquant les mines \u00e0 Obuasi, r\u00e9gion ashantie<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Sans oublier la d\u00e9couverte du\u00a0 <strong>Royaume Ashanti<\/strong>, nich\u00e9 au\u00a0c\u0153ur\u00a0du pays, et de sa capitale, \u00e9galement la seconde ville du Ghana,<strong>\u00a0Kumasi<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un territoire ayant, depuis des si\u00e8cles, acquis une importance capitale aux yeux des ghan\u00e9ens . <br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">A mon sens, \u00e0 double titre.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> En premier lieu pour des<strong> raisons historiques<\/strong> car le patriotisme ghan\u00e9en y est n\u00e9.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Fond\u00e9 au 17 \u00e8me si\u00e8cle et gouvern\u00e9 par des<strong> Asantehene<\/strong> (rois), selon une r\u00e8gle de transmission matriarcale du pouvoir, ce <strong>puissant royaume<\/strong>, symbolis\u00e9 notamment par le Tabouret d&rsquo;Or royal, est, en effet, \u00a0le seul \u00e0 avoir oppos\u00e9 une r\u00e9sistance aussi \u00a0longue ( soit durant pr\u00e8s de deux si\u00e8cles) \u00a0que farouche au colonisateur britannique. <\/p>\n<p>Mais l\u2019importance<strong>\u00a0d\u2019Osei Tutu II<\/strong>, l&rsquo;Asantehene actuel ( depuis 1999) du peuple ashanti, reste, encore aujourd\u2019hui, toujours palpable dans un Ghana moderne o\u00f9 les autorit\u00e9s continuent de le consulter avant toute prise de d\u00e9cision concernant\u00a0 sa r\u00e9gion.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VcJhmbqzFsw\/VXWyJvou_TI\/AAAAAAAA3Tc\/Y7jwjfwfsLI\/s1600\/P1140078.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VcJhmbqzFsw\/VXWyJvou_TI\/AAAAAAAA3Tc\/Y7jwjfwfsLI\/s640\/P1140078.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>portrait du roi dans le palais<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Assurez vous d&rsquo;ailleurs, lorsque vous serez de passage \u00e0 Kumasi, de visiter sa r\u00e9sidence officielle,\u00a0 demeure des rois pass\u00e9s , <strong>le Manhyia Palace.<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dans l&rsquo;enceinte du palais<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cBUqy6ed_HU\/VXWxeQuzW2I\/AAAAAAAA3TY\/hIj8I-qPTiM\/s1600\/P1140071.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-cBUqy6ed_HU\/VXWxeQuzW2I\/AAAAAAAA3TY\/hIj8I-qPTiM\/s640\/P1140071.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ic588sSKnFo\/VXWxcjwWA0I\/AAAAAAAA3TI\/DuuGMtPhmdQ\/s1600\/P1140070.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Ic588sSKnFo\/VXWxcjwWA0I\/AAAAAAAA3TI\/DuuGMtPhmdQ\/s640\/P1140070.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-L0yCalpVU6A\/VXWxeE_hgGI\/AAAAAAAA3TU\/Xo1qjyw6QF0\/s1600\/P1140074.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-L0yCalpVU6A\/VXWxeE_hgGI\/AAAAAAAA3TU\/Xo1qjyw6QF0\/s640\/P1140074.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZcIq2C0uu-s\/VXWyrFwOQKI\/AAAAAAAA3UA\/PP0Cq3shJrk\/s1600\/P1140097.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZcIq2C0uu-s\/VXWyrFwOQKI\/AAAAAAAA3UA\/PP0Cq3shJrk\/s640\/P1140097.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xAxMRoGtSfw\/VXW0uJH1grI\/AAAAAAAA3U0\/y82RQT_kpj4\/s1600\/P1140092.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xAxMRoGtSfw\/VXW0uJH1grI\/AAAAAAAA3U0\/y82RQT_kpj4\/s640\/P1140092.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0fVYyLgUlQg\/VXWyo0t5AbI\/AAAAAAAA3T4\/2H0wNVww-go\/s1600\/P1140086.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0fVYyLgUlQg\/VXWyo0t5AbI\/AAAAAAAA3T4\/2H0wNVww-go\/s640\/P1140086.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>symboles adinkra<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Une instructive et vivante <strong>visite guid\u00e9e<\/strong> vous permettra, \u00e0 travers moults objets, documents, vid\u00e9os outre anecdotes du guide, d&rsquo;en apprendre davantage sur royaut\u00e9 et culture ashanti. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Une halte que je n&rsquo;ai pas regrett\u00e9e ! <\/p>\n<p>N\u2019h\u00e9sitez\u00a0pas, ensuite, \u00e0<strong> demander audience au roi<\/strong>, qui re\u00e7oit indiff\u00e9remment sujets ou touristes sous r\u00e9serve que vous lui apportiez un petit pr\u00e9sent. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Malheureusement pour moi,\u00a0 \u00e0 quelques jours de la Saint Sylvestre 2013, ces rencontres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 interrompues. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Qui a dit que les souverains n&rsquo;avaient pas besoin de vacances ? <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Le royaume Ashanti fascine, en second lieu, parce qu&rsquo;il est le <strong>gardien du patrimoine culturel ghan\u00e9en.<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Cette richesse, dont t\u00e9moignent rites, festivals, ou encore traditions, trouve, pour moi, sa plus belle expression \u00a0dans une fabuleuse <strong>\u00e9toffe<\/strong>\u00a0. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Ayant , depuis l&rsquo;origine, toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme un \u00e9l\u00e9ment cl\u00e9 illustrant la quintessence artistique\u00a0du\u00a0pays .<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Assemblage de plusieurs bandes, manuellement, tiss\u00e9es\u00a0 de fils (de soie et coton) de couleurs vives (initialement\u00a0rouge jaune et verte); <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Entrelac\u00e9s, \u00a0tant verticalement qu&rsquo; horizontalement, de fa\u00e7on complexe;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">et reproduisant des motifs poss\u00e9dant chacun un sens pr\u00e9cis :\u00a0<strong>le kente\u00a0<\/strong>est sans conteste la fiert\u00e9 du royaume ashanti et le symbole du pays tout entier !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> Si le port de ce tissu, assez lourd, s&rsquo;est dor\u00e9navant d\u00e9mocratis\u00e9 (certaines marques ghan\u00e9ennes l&rsquo;utilisant pour fabriquer des accessoires tendance) et qu&rsquo;il est \u00a0d\u00e9sormais \u00e9galement possible de\u00a0 le faire customiser\u00a0 en faisant part de ces desideratas pour des couleurs plus inhabituelles (par exemple le bleu) au tisserand, il ne faut n\u00e9anmoins pas perdre de vue que cette <strong>\u00e9toffe<\/strong>, uniquement tiss\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine par des ma\u00eetres tisserands aux savoir-faire sans pareil, <strong>relevait de l\u2019apanage\u00a0exclusif des rois<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> La l\u00e9gende Ashanti raconte en effet que c&rsquo;est en voulant reproduire la toile tiss\u00e9e par une araign\u00e9e que deux fr\u00e8res firent, au 17 \u00e8me si\u00e8cle, la premi\u00e8re tentative de cr\u00e9ation de kente en \u00a0recourant \u00e0 du raphia.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Avec le temps, la technique employ\u00e9e s&rsquo;am\u00e9liora et il fut convenu, apr\u00e8s suggestion royale, de teindre le kente dans les couleurs originelles ( rouge, jaune, vert) \u00a0pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment cit\u00e9es \u00a0afin de le rendre plus attrayant.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> Des ma\u00eetres tisserands se charg\u00e8rent, d\u00e8s lors, de fabriquer l&rsquo;\u00e9toffe en y incorporant des fils de soie, la finalit\u00e9 \u00e9tant alors\u00a0 de cr\u00e9er des pi\u00e8ces dignes d\u2019\u00eatre rev\u00eatues par le roi.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Autant d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments qui expliquent\u00a0<strong>la complexit\u00e9 de sa r\u00e9alisation outre son prix d&rsquo;achat relativement\u00a0\u00e9lev\u00e9<\/strong> (acquisition qui sera cependant plus avantageuse si vous vous procurez votre pi\u00e8ce dans la r\u00e9gion Ashanti plut\u00f4t que dans la capitale) <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Dans ma famille, comme dans bien d&rsquo;autres, les pi\u00e8ces de Kente sont de v\u00e9ritables tr\u00e9sors. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nH\u00e9ritages culturels, transmis de\u00a0m\u00e8re\u00a0en fille et de p\u00e8re en fils ou cadeaux inestimables ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 offerts, que l&rsquo;on porte, en cons\u00e9quence, lors de grandes occasions. <\/p>\n<p>Fussent elles \u00a0familiales ou non.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> Il \u00e9tait donc important pour moi que je m&rsquo;en rev\u00eatisse , il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, lors de mes fian\u00e7ailles. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Puis,\u00a0 d\u00e9sireuse, quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, d&rsquo;en apprendre davantage sur \u00ab l&rsquo;\u00e9toffe des rois \u00bb, j&rsquo;ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de mettre \u00e0 profit ma halte de 48 heures \u00e0 <strong>Kumasi<\/strong> (op\u00e9r\u00e9e lors de mon roadtrip, \u00e0 no\u00ebl 2013, \u00a0dans le pays)\u00a0 pour aller \u00e0 la d\u00e9couverte des diff\u00e9rents <strong>villages de tisserands<\/strong>, situ\u00e9s \u00e0 une 20 de kilom\u00e8tres de Kumasi. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Si vous n&rsquo;\u00eates pas press\u00e9s par le temps, je vous sugg\u00e8re de, tout d\u2019abord, \u00a0vous arr\u00eater dans celui\u00a0de<strong> Ntonso<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">O\u00f9 vous en\u00a0apprendrez beaucoup \u00a0sur l\u2019<strong>\u00a0Adinkra. <br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Cette \u00e9toffe, unie ou tye and die, sur laquelle sont imprim\u00e9s des motifs traditionnels ainsi que des symboles, tel\u00a0<strong>Gye Nyame<\/strong> (qui repr\u00e9sente la toute puissance et l&rsquo;immortalit\u00e9 divine), ayant une signification particuli\u00e8re dans la culture Ashanti.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Du fait de ses\u00a0couleurs de pr\u00e9dilection, que sont le rouge et le noir, l\u2019Adinkra est souvent port\u00e9 lors des fun\u00e9railles. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Un usage qui n\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs pas sans rappeler le sens m\u00eame du terme Adinkra signifiant \u00ab\u00a0aurevoir, adieu \u00bb.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Si votre timing est, en revanche et comme ce fut mon cas, serr\u00e9, poursuivez votre route jusqu&rsquo;aux renomm\u00e9s <strong>villages de Bonwire ou Adanwomase<\/strong>\u00a0. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Lieux de naissance pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s du Kente.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> A <strong>Adanwomase<\/strong>, qui se proclame unique berceau du kente authentique (rien de moins) , j&rsquo;ai ressenti une atmosph\u00e8re beaucoup moins \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">commerciale.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FuofbEpL6qk\/VPCCQIorKKI\/AAAAAAAAq1I\/CDcDnX5Jmd4\/s1600\/P1140026.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FuofbEpL6qk\/VPCCQIorKKI\/AAAAAAAAq1I\/CDcDnX5Jmd4\/s1600\/P1140026.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Dans la petite <strong>maison du Kente Centre,\u00a0<\/strong>les \u00e9tapes de la conception du kente sont expliqu\u00e9es, \u00a0un m\u00e9tier \u00e0 tisser permet de d\u00e9couvrir l&rsquo;outil de travail du tisserand, tandis que quelques photos d&rsquo;Asantehene drap\u00e9s, dans toute leur majest\u00e9, dans leurs kente ainsi que plusieurs \u00e9toffes, accroch\u00e9es sur des fils, donnent un avant gout du large \u00e9ventail de possibilit\u00e9s en termes de couleurs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5okC2clvDRE\/VPB-vfj59KI\/AAAAAAAAqz0\/At5HOF1xlPI\/s1600\/P1090583.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5okC2clvDRE\/VPB-vfj59KI\/AAAAAAAAqz0\/At5HOF1xlPI\/s1600\/P1090583.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TFJeW4tWdtE\/VPCDEPXeF0I\/AAAAAAAAq1s\/NNkMw9yCAD8\/s1600\/P1140031.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TFJeW4tWdtE\/VPCDEPXeF0I\/AAAAAAAAq1s\/NNkMw9yCAD8\/s1600\/P1140031.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-pIG-md23ugI\/VPCEDhKJ1GI\/AAAAAAAAq18\/l19iqCKKJr4\/s1600\/P1140033.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-pIG-md23ugI\/VPCEDhKJ1GI\/AAAAAAAAq18\/l19iqCKKJr4\/s1600\/P1140033.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-auR4F3X1n_s\/VPCEEP1ppAI\/AAAAAAAAq2M\/HD6yWuwu-UE\/s1600\/P1140034.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-auR4F3X1n_s\/VPCEEP1ppAI\/AAAAAAAAq2M\/HD6yWuwu-UE\/s1600\/P1140034.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-NRS6TTDX7-I\/VPCEgYdHEJI\/AAAAAAAAq2g\/M1-k5_iwae4\/s1600\/P1140038.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-NRS6TTDX7-I\/VPCEgYdHEJI\/AAAAAAAAq2g\/M1-k5_iwae4\/s1600\/P1140038.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zGkXnMltdyg\/VPCDDRIIeRI\/AAAAAAAAq1o\/MJLmvmqHiBc\/s1600\/P1140029.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zGkXnMltdyg\/VPCDDRIIeRI\/AAAAAAAAq1o\/MJLmvmqHiBc\/s1600\/P1140029.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CuDWvZK_Bms\/VPCED45mr6I\/AAAAAAAAq2A\/1L5EnJFQ7PM\/s1600\/P1140037.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CuDWvZK_Bms\/VPCED45mr6I\/AAAAAAAAq2A\/1L5EnJFQ7PM\/s1600\/P1140037.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Mais la pratique \u00e9tant toujours plus parlante, je me suis d\u00e9p\u00each\u00e9e de me rendre sous le pr\u00e9au, faisant face au centre, o\u00f9, en ce d\u00e9but d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s midi, deux <strong>tisserands<\/strong> \u00e9taient justement \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">L&rsquo;un d&rsquo;eux venait de d\u00e9buter l&rsquo;ex\u00e9cution d&rsquo;un kent\u00e9, aux couleurs personnalis\u00e9es, dont la confection \u00a0allait n\u00e9cessiter pas moins de 3\u00a0jours\u00a0de travail.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">L&rsquo;observer, pendant plusieurs dizaines de minutes, entrelacer, en simple ou double tissage,\u00a0les diff\u00e9rents fils et voir, peu \u00e0 peu, appara\u00eetre\u00a0les motifs g\u00e9om\u00e9triques sur l&rsquo;\u00e9toffe fut un grand moment\u00a0d\u2019\u00e9motion !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tL00gnQBoS4\/VPCEobQdCbI\/AAAAAAAAq2o\/M1elEUzZ-Iw\/s1600\/P1140039.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tL00gnQBoS4\/VPCEobQdCbI\/AAAAAAAAq2o\/M1elEUzZ-Iw\/s1600\/P1140039.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dRclJxWnx6A\/VPCEpUeou-I\/AAAAAAAAq2w\/edHgJiPbOzY\/s1600\/P1140041.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dRclJxWnx6A\/VPCEpUeou-I\/AAAAAAAAq2w\/edHgJiPbOzY\/s1600\/P1140041.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x5Z1EMylADU\/VPCE__pdKDI\/AAAAAAAAq24\/gvBWjJE_juE\/s1600\/P1140042.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-x5Z1EMylADU\/VPCE__pdKDI\/AAAAAAAAq24\/gvBWjJE_juE\/s1600\/P1140042.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OEpR44xrKJI\/VPCFOogMHJI\/AAAAAAAAq3I\/68iE0EBFpuk\/s1600\/P1140043.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OEpR44xrKJI\/VPCFOogMHJI\/AAAAAAAAq3I\/68iE0EBFpuk\/s1600\/P1140043.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PmMWnabTHro\/VPCFgrTDp7I\/AAAAAAAAq3Q\/kYML1S-48ts\/s1600\/P1140045.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PmMWnabTHro\/VPCFgrTDp7I\/AAAAAAAAq3Q\/kYML1S-48ts\/s1600\/P1140045.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_XyVQwB_zHg\/VPCFwbQ-3WI\/AAAAAAAAq3c\/-TXhEFLlhk0\/s1600\/P1140046.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_XyVQwB_zHg\/VPCFwbQ-3WI\/AAAAAAAAq3c\/-TXhEFLlhk0\/s1600\/P1140046.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rZkLdzGLbeg\/VPCF_WOY6-I\/AAAAAAAAq3s\/sez1B5IoWZ0\/s1600\/P1140048.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-rZkLdzGLbeg\/VPCF_WOY6-I\/AAAAAAAAq3s\/sez1B5IoWZ0\/s1600\/P1140048.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Un peu plus loin, \u00a0s\u00e9chaient , au soleil, les tye and die tout juste confectionn\u00e9s tandis qu&rsquo;\u00e0 l&rsquo;autre extr\u00e9mit\u00e9 du pr\u00e9au, plusieurs jeunes hommes imprimaient, \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide d&rsquo;\u00e9ponge, des motifs Adinkra sur les tissus d\u00e9j\u00e0 secs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Je regrette vraiment de ne pas avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 en mesure de d\u00e9couvrir, de fa\u00e7on plus approfondie et gr\u00e2ce aux visites guid\u00e9es organis\u00e9es par le Kente Centre du village, tous les aspects menant \u00e0 la conception du kente<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DmEwzEykuos\/VPB90kHlj0I\/AAAAAAAAqzI\/MSmr7RuPBM4\/s1600\/P1090578.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DmEwzEykuos\/VPB90kHlj0I\/AAAAAAAAqzI\/MSmr7RuPBM4\/s1600\/P1090578.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>tissus s\u00e9chant au soleil<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">adinkra in the making<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PRd-RaPXpsA\/VPSOrzyUW0I\/AAAAAAAArBU\/l8gJb2XDwzM\/s1600\/P1090573.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PRd-RaPXpsA\/VPSOrzyUW0I\/AAAAAAAArBU\/l8gJb2XDwzM\/s1600\/P1090573.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-4NcsCchyynQ\/VPCHjw6C-DI\/AAAAAAAAq4s\/1dPpsNi-DRQ\/s1600\/P1140056.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-4NcsCchyynQ\/VPCHjw6C-DI\/AAAAAAAAq4s\/1dPpsNi-DRQ\/s1600\/P1140056.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sYeOGfiffRc\/VPCHHJqiD6I\/AAAAAAAAq4c\/6rKD9ixOAbk\/s1600\/P1140055.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sYeOGfiffRc\/VPCHHJqiD6I\/AAAAAAAAq4c\/6rKD9ixOAbk\/s1600\/P1140055.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1k98FFPheOI\/VPCGUGmxkxI\/AAAAAAAAq30\/Z1WuGzAZIuA\/s1600\/P1140051.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1k98FFPheOI\/VPCGUGmxkxI\/AAAAAAAAq30\/Z1WuGzAZIuA\/s1600\/P1140051.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zRtKi8gG15s\/VPCGlyzI2RI\/AAAAAAAAq4E\/pv7jgnB6NEE\/s1600\/P1140052.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zRtKi8gG15s\/VPCGlyzI2RI\/AAAAAAAAq4E\/pv7jgnB6NEE\/s1600\/P1140052.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-YQj_Kjsk1N4\/VPCG9uWGeLI\/AAAAAAAAq4U\/e9-jNl_wWyA\/s1600\/P1140054.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-YQj_Kjsk1N4\/VPCG9uWGeLI\/AAAAAAAAq4U\/e9-jNl_wWyA\/s1600\/P1140054.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-N9uq6WfqeyQ\/VPCG65-mF2I\/AAAAAAAAq4M\/Pp355sqMt2I\/s1600\/P1140053.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-N9uq6WfqeyQ\/VPCG65-mF2I\/AAAAAAAAq4M\/Pp355sqMt2I\/s1600\/P1140053.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Mais cette premi\u00e8re visite a n\u00e9anmoins \u00e9t\u00e9 une bonne entr\u00e9e en mati\u00e8re \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Elle s&rsquo;est, en outre termin\u00e9e, par le spectacle d&rsquo;une fillette, qui sous mes yeux admiratifs, s&rsquo;est mise \u00e0 esquisser quelques pas d&rsquo;Azonto en entendant les tubes de Davido et Fuse ODG qui s&rsquo;\u00e9chappaient des\u00a0fen\u00eatres\u00a0de la voiture dans laquelle j&rsquo;avais pris place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZDgoymsDSJI\/VPCAieaRbzI\/AAAAAAAAq0U\/mMKSf7cRmKs\/s1600\/P1090591.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZDgoymsDSJI\/VPCAieaRbzI\/AAAAAAAAq0U\/mMKSf7cRmKs\/s1600\/P1090591.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w9vLbJm4MNU\/VPCApvXwWDI\/AAAAAAAAq0k\/TlRJQJzQOGk\/s1600\/P1090593.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w9vLbJm4MNU\/VPCApvXwWDI\/AAAAAAAAq0k\/TlRJQJzQOGk\/s1600\/P1090593.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">D&rsquo;Adanwomase, j&rsquo;ai ensuite pris la route de<strong> Bonwire<\/strong>, village situ\u00e9 \u00e0\u00a0 quelques kilom\u00e8tres de l\u00e0..<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> L&rsquo;ambiance y \u00e9tait toute autre: magasins \u00e0 tous les coins de rue proposant du Kente \u00e0 la vente et nombreux rabatteurs vous exhortant \u00e0 vous y arr\u00eater.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">C&rsquo;est finalement au <strong>Bonwire Kente Centre<\/strong> que j&rsquo;ai fini par faire escale.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> L\u00e0,\u00a0 dans un hangar o\u00f9 la chaleur \u00e9tait presqu&rsquo;\u00e9touffante, je me suis crue dans une v\u00e9ritable caverne d&rsquo;Ali Baba tant la diversit\u00e9 de Kente propos\u00e9s \u00e0 la vente \u00e9tait grande.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Une multitude de couleurs, allant des plus classiques aux plus contemporaines, dont je n&rsquo;arrivais pas \u00e0 d\u00e9tacher mon regard&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Apr\u00e8s plusieurs h\u00e9sitations j&rsquo;ai finalement opt\u00e9 pour une pi\u00e8ce aux tons rose et cr\u00e8me..<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0 N&rsquo;imaginez pas avoir beaucoup de marge de man\u0153uvre pour y n\u00e9gocier le prix de vos emplettes car dans ce centre, o\u00f9 de nombreux touristes se rendent, les tisserands ont conscience de la valeur et de la qualit\u00e9 de leurs produits et vous annonceront un tarif dont ils ne varieront pas d&rsquo;un iota.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Tenez le vous pour dit !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Mais it&rsquo;s all worth it car comme je vous le disais un peu plus haut, en acqu\u00e9rir \u00e0 Accra vous reviendra beaucoup plus cher.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> C\u00e9dez donc \u00e0 la tentation de rapporter chez vous un bout du patrimoine ghan\u00e9en que vous pourrez porter, \u00e0 votre tour, avec fiert\u00e9 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Wi6vs9ApRHk\/VPCIKa99UcI\/AAAAAAAAq5E\/JQ7VSFFLmBM\/s1600\/P1140061.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Wi6vs9ApRHk\/VPCIKa99UcI\/AAAAAAAAq5E\/JQ7VSFFLmBM\/s1600\/P1140061.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nfbynXfYiOk\/VPCIraHoDAI\/AAAAAAAAq5U\/Z3l3epVRJts\/s1600\/P1140062.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nfbynXfYiOk\/VPCIraHoDAI\/AAAAAAAAq5U\/Z3l3epVRJts\/s1600\/P1140062.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QzEBMuNMMl4\/VPCBpHxhYAI\/AAAAAAAAq08\/sD3FJumLqdg\/s1600\/P1090596.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QzEBMuNMMl4\/VPCBpHxhYAI\/AAAAAAAAq08\/sD3FJumLqdg\/s1600\/P1090596.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-P_ajXXCOpak\/VPCCTXNSZZI\/AAAAAAAAq1Q\/3d8JFHMll_E\/s1600\/P1090597.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-P_ajXXCOpak\/VPCCTXNSZZI\/AAAAAAAAq1Q\/3d8JFHMll_E\/s1600\/P1090597.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1tf2c1jx_hI\/VPCIwabGM5I\/AAAAAAAAq5k\/2YxFMkctCmk\/s1600\/P1140064.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1tf2c1jx_hI\/VPCIwabGM5I\/AAAAAAAAq5k\/2YxFMkctCmk\/s1600\/P1140064.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-g6uViNpY6sY\/VPCI8jLynBI\/AAAAAAAAq5s\/iXGl_8z8eS4\/s1600\/P1140065.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-g6uViNpY6sY\/VPCI8jLynBI\/AAAAAAAAq5s\/iXGl_8z8eS4\/s1600\/P1140065.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Pour ceux qui seraient tent\u00e9s d&rsquo;acheter du\u00a0 Kente en dehors des fronti\u00e8res ghan\u00e9ennes, assurez vous qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agisse bien de l&rsquo;authentique \u00e9toffe (qui est assez lourde et dont le prix est d&rsquo;autant plus cons\u00e9quent \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tranger) car d\u00e9sormais pullulent des pagnes wax\u00a0 pouvant, par leurs couleurs et motifs,\u00a0 faire illusion pour un \u0153il non averti .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Par ailleurs, et \u00e0 titre informatif, sachez que\u00a0 :<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; Si le Kent\u00e9 renvoie, \u00e0 priori, \u00e0 l&rsquo;aire g\u00e9ographique correspondant au royaume Ashanti du Ghana, il est \u00e9galement <strong>fabriqu\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;est du pays ( dans la Volta region), pr\u00e8s de la ville de Ho<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">Certains pensent m\u00eame que cette r\u00e9gion serait la v\u00e9ritable pionni\u00e8re en la mati\u00e8re.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"> (Voici donc encore un autre d\u00e9bat sur ses origines apr\u00e8s celui qui oppose les villages de Bonwire et Adanwomase)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\">En tout \u00e9tat de cause, un festival d\u00e9di\u00e9 au Kent\u00e9 est, au mois d&rsquo;ao\u00fbt, organis\u00e9 dans cette r\u00e9gion,\u00a0 majoritairement peupl\u00e9e par l&rsquo;ethnie Ew\u00e9 \u00a0(que l&rsquo;on retrouve \u00e9galement au <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldunpigeonvoyageur.com\/blog\/category\/afrique\/togo\/\">Togo <\/a><\/strong>voisin).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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