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Fabrics That Only Exist in One Place — Daily trivia Monday, May 18, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which brightly colored hand-woven Ghanaian fabric is associated with Ashanti royalty?
- AKente cloth
- BMud cloth
- CAdire
- DAnkara
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Kente cloth
Kente cloth originates from Ghana and is known for its dazzling, multicolored patterns, often woven by hand. It has deep cultural significance, particularly for the Ashanti people, and was historically worn by royalty.
Q 02Which geometric-patterned raffia fabric comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- AKente cloth
- BKuba cloth
- CKitenge
- DAdire
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Kuba cloth
Kuba cloth is a distinctive textile from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, traditionally woven by the Kuba people from raffia palm leaf fiber and known for its intricate geometric designs and unique texture.
Q 03What is Mali's hand-woven cotton 'mud cloth', dyed with fermented river mud, called?
- AAdinkra
- BShweshwe
- CBogolanfini
- DAso Oke
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Bogolanfini
Bogolanfini, or 'mud cloth,' is a traditional Malian cotton fabric that is dyed using a process involving fermented river mud, creating distinctive patterns.
Q 04Which Ugandan fabric, beaten from the mutuba fig tree's inner layer, is on UNESCO's intangible heritage list?
- AKitenge
- BKanga
- CBarkcloth
- DKikoy
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Barkcloth
Ugandan barkcloth is pounded from the inner bark of Ficus natalensis and was the main cloth worn in Buganda until Arab traders introduced cotton and silk in the 1840s.
Q 05Which lustrous Philippine textile, woven in Kalibo, Aklan since the Spanish era, is made from leaf fibres?
- AT'nalak
- BPiña
- CInaul
- DYakan
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Piña
Piña is spun from pineapple leaf fibres, and the industry's leftover fruit gave the Philippines dishes such as pineapple vinegar and the jelly dessert nata de piña.
Q 06Wool from the goats of Ladakh's Changthang plateau is traditionally woven into fine shawls in which region?
- AKashmir
- BPunjab
- CGujarat
- DRajasthan
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Kashmir
Kashmir shawls became a European status symbol after Empress Joséphine and Queen Victoria wore them, and Scottish imitations gave their buta motif a new name: paisley.
Q 07Which world-famous wool fabric, flecked with bits of coloured yarn, is still woven in north-west Ireland?
- AAran knit
- BDonegal tweed
- CShetland wool
- DHarris Tweed
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Donegal tweed
Donegal tweed gets its heathered look from little bits of coloured yarn woven in at random, and it rivals Scotland's Harris Tweed as the most famous tweed in the world.
Q 08On which kind of loom, tensioned by the weaver's own body, do traditional weavers around Cusco, Peru work?
- ATreadle
- BWarp-weighted
- CJacquard
- DBackstrap
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Backstrap
Cusco's Center for Traditional Textiles teaches backstrap weaving alongside drop-spindle spinning, Chinchero-style knitting and sling braiding, all techniques still practised in villages like Chahuaytire and Patabamba.
Q 09Which textile, made from the inner bark of elm trees, is traditionally produced by the Ainu people?
- AKimono silk
- BAttush fabric
- CKasuri ikat
- DSashiko cotton
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Attush fabric
Attush fabric is woven from boiled inner-bark fibre of lobed elm and Japanese lime, and the finished cloth is light and water-resistant, ideal for Ainu robes.
Q 10Which 'double ikat' weaving technique survives in only a few places, notably Tenganan, Bali?
- AGringsing
- BSongket ikat
- CEndek
- DPelangi ikat
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Gringsing
Gringsing is a rare double ikat weaving technique where both the warp and weft threads are dyed before weaving, a complex process still practiced in Tenganan, Bali, Indonesia, using natural dyes.
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