Our first Nwagaa o Mosha-visitors, neighbour Mma Binkie and two of her grandsons.
Note the brand-new Germin dress. This type of cloth (in brown, blue or red, with an endless range of motifs) and dress is the traditional Botswana outfit for women. They say Germin derives from German. I'm not sure if that's because of the print or the dress, or both.
We got that piece of cloth for Mma Binkie in Maud's favourite shop, where she gets acute choice-stress because of the huge variety of fabrics, beads, sequence, lace, ribbons, and etcetera. Actually it's the best shop in a wondrous shopping street (for the Dutchies: Voortrekkers Avenue in Vereeniging), packed with mainly Indian retailers, who sell more textile-related stuff than anyone can imagine.
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