HOW WOULD YOU FEEL WEARING CLOTHES MADE OF BARK

Anthropologist say it is the oldest textile known to mankind and now local designers are giving cloth made of bark a new lease of life.
For over 600 years this tradition has been a long standing practice among the Ugandan people.
The tree is barked off, then wrapped with fresh plantain leaves, enabling it regenerate new layer. Each tree is harvested once a year.
The bark is boiled and beaten to expand ten times its original size. For generations, this process has been used in creating bark cloth.
The challenge bark cloth faced, was when Industrial fabric was introduced, bark cloth was only used for funerals. Today some cloth designers are reintroducing the bark cloth in to use again.

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