Wax block printed material is sold here as a “pièce” of 12 yards length or a “demi-pièce” of 6 yards. I have been thinking about all the different uses for a “pagne”, which is 2 yards of this, and I've come up with the following (non-exhaustive) list, some of which are traditional uses, some of which were invented by us! The photos demonstrate a few of these uses:
- wear tied around the waist as a skirt
- make up into clothes
- tie around head
- carry baby (small baby with arms and legs inside, bigger baby with arms and legs out)
- use as nappies or folded into underwear for a woman's monthly needs
- if tied as a skirt, part of it can be twisted at the waist to hold money, as a built-in purse
- make up into curtains
- sleep under when it's hot instead of a big sheet
- tie up against car window to shade children
- hung up from mosquito net poles on bed so that children can't see each other during naptime!
- to make dressing-up clothes for kids
- to make a playhouse for kids
- as a safety belt for a baby on a sofa
I really don't know how we managed without "pagnes" in Europe!
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