SUNDAY WORSHIP

 

this song completely overwhelmes me, sometimes i fail to understand God , his entireness ....am just lost for words, so i just raise my hands up to the heavens and cry in worship...one moment in the presnce of the King of Kings and you wont leave as the same person....his name be praised with my life and all that i am, that is my prayer.

 

 

 

 

YOU DO MIGHTY THINGS- SINACH

I stand amazed in your presence
There is nothing you cannot do
I stand amazed in your presence
There is joy peace and hope

There's no one like you, Jesus
There's no one like you, in all the earth
There's no one like You, Jesus
There's no one like you

You do mighty things
You do glorious things
You're a faithful God
Awesome is your name

LOVE THAT FABRIC!

The chitenge fabric in my Zambian culture is mainly worn to preserve a womans modesty. But fast track into modern society that culture is long forgotten with all the western fashion trends and culture that has crippled our society. Today its only the elderly that make the most use of it and occassions such as funeral gatherings, back then they where also worn on a woman's traditional bridal shower but to my shock when i recently attended one, that is becoming a thing of the past too! I was recently invited to one and before attending the shower i was fretting that between assignments and classes i didnt have much time to see a tailor to have an outfit custom made for the occasion so i was quite unhappy that i was going to to attend it in a western outfit. But boy was i gobsmacked when i arrived to find the women, some old enough to be my mother in Beyonce tight and Lady GaGa outrageous so called  "glamourous" outfits. So am there thinking when did we all decide to throw away our beautiful chitenge fabric and dresses for such occasions, and trade them for style advice from E! TV and the Style network ???





fabric display at a market

Anyways am one of those young people who are still madly nuts about the african fabric, even if its just to keep for a souvenir . the bright array of colors and patterns intricately put together is something you just gotta love. its a pity that not so many fellow young zambian women appreciate the beauty of this amazing fabric. And what makes me even more sad is that many local industries have gone done the drain and we no longer have the fabric made locally, so all of it found in the country is mostly from Congo, Nigeria, Ghana , Tanzania and who knows maybe even China. My favourite are the ones from Ghana because they are usually bright coloured. Currently am mostly a collector but is i soon want to start designing them into fabulous outfits, a number of fashion houses in the country have elaborated that the fabric is so versatile that it can be styled to match contemporary trends. What i would love to see is someday soon walk into woolworth , foschini and the like, and see locally designed and made chitenge fabric outfits on display. If not then open up stores that are of international competetive standards and be able to promote local art and culture.  I dont want a situation when am old one day and get to tell my kids about how we once upon a time had this beautiful fabrics we used to call a chitenge, like how my mum gets to tell us of how back then they had a number of locally run food processing companies that made healthy juices and all that when they were kids, but today they are no more..I would also like to see textile companies revived to have the fabric is designed and made locally, in turn improving the livelyhoods of local people in the process...And nop! That is no pipe dream.... Zambia and Africa at large better watch out for this Girl!




petekani eleven collection...by local fashion house


ps: pics are borrowed.