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Adinkra stamped cloth tradition

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Adinkra is an Akan cloth tradition stamped with symbolic motifs historically associated with funerary and ceremonial use. Named symbols such as Gye Nyame are documented in Akan scholarship and widely reproduced in later Ghanaian graphic design. UNESCO and Ghanaian cultural agencies describe adinkra

Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage — Adinkra (related Akan traditions)
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