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Shweshwe
Seshoeshoe or Seshweshwe ()〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shwe-shwe )〕 is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Sotho (South Africa & Lesotho) clothing. Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns. Due to its timeless popularity, shweshwe has been described as the denim,〔 or tartan, of South Africa. ==Name==
The local name ''Seshweshwe or Seshoeshoe'' is derived from the fabric's association with Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe I, also spelled "Moshweshwe". Moshoeshoe I was gifted with the fabric by French missionaries in the 1840s and subsequently popularised it.〔 It is also known as "German print",〔 ''sejeremane'' in Sotho,〔 and ''ujamani'' in Xhosa, after 19th century German and Swiss settlers who imported the ''blaudruck'' ("blue print") fabric for their clothing and helped entrench it in South African culture.〔〔〔
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