Alasho
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Alasho is the Tuareg blue indigo
veil or turban.
It mostly used for an important occasion or ceremony, ritual of passage to the adult age, matrimony or inauguration of a tribal leader. Alasho veil is made in Kano
, centuries ago a Tuareg market, today an important city in northern Nigeria
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Indigo
Indigo is a color named after the purple dye derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria and related species. The color is placed on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet...
veil or turban.
It mostly used for an important occasion or ceremony, ritual of passage to the adult age, matrimony or inauguration of a tribal leader. Alasho veil is made in Kano
Kano
Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria. Its metropolitan population is the second largest in Nigeria after Lagos. The Kano Urban area covers 137 sq.km and comprises six Local Government Area - Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nassarawa - with a...
, centuries ago a Tuareg market, today an important city in northern Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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