People are uniquely identified by their culture; food, clothing, language, music, and other cultural activities. Without any doubt, South Africa has a rich cultural heritage and the Shweshwe attire is one of those. Shweshwe is a traditionally dyed cotton fabric widely used in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The Shweshwe fabric found its way into the South African community in the 1840s when the French missionaries gifted King Moshoesho, the King of Lesotho, the fabric. Therefore, Shweshwe is an intrinsic part of Basotho culture. Traditionally, Shweshwe dresses are worn by Makotis and Sotho married women – even though it is widely used by other tribes like Xhosa and Zulu.<\/p>\n
Today, Basotho ladies use Shweshwe fabric to sew beautiful attires for their traditional weddings and other events. Using Shweshwe fabric to sew modern styles looks stunning, and in this post, we have listed 20 Shweshwe dresses for makotis with pictures.<\/p>\n
It is the dream of every makoti to look beautiful at her traditional wedding. Every piece of clothing a makoti wear is symbolic. Shweshwe fabric makes it easy to keep the symbolic significance of each piece of clothing while looking amazing and attracting all the attention.<\/p>\n
The Iduku (head tie), uxakatha (towel), and idaki (dress the bride receives from her in-laws); all uniquely identify the bride.<\/p>\n
For the bride, Iduku shows that she is married. It is also a source of confidence and attracts respect to her. Iduku goes well with Shweshwe dresses for Makorti alongside other accessories.<\/p>\n
Though Shweshwe fabrics are agelong, you can sew your fabrics to suit today’s fashion trends. As a bride, you need to appear elegant while upholding your chiral heritage. Here are classy and trendy styles you can make out of your fabrics:<\/p>\n
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