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How did Hausa dress?
The men’s traditional attire includes unique attires called Babban Riga that are commonly paired with jalabia and juanni robes. The majority of the male population also wears color-rich hats known as Fula that vary from person to person depending on the region they live in.
What is Hausa traditional architecture?
Hausa architecture is the architecture of the Hausa people. Hausa architectural forms include mosques, walls, common compounds, and gates. Hausa traditional architecture is an integral part of how Hausa people construct a sense of interrelatedness with their physical environment.
How Fulani build their house?
Residence. Fulani herdsmen build domed houses called “Suudu hudo” or “Bukkaru” made from grasses. During the dry season, it is often supported with compact millet stalk pillars, and by reed mats held together and tied against wood poles, in the wet or rainy season.
What do people in Hausa eat?
The most common food that the Hausa people prepare consists of grains, such as sorghum, millet, rice, or maize, which are ground into flour for a variety of different kinds of dishes. This food is popularly known as tuwo in the Hausa language.
What is bride price called in Hausa?
Usually, the bride price starts from a minimum amount known as ‘Rubu Dinar’ in Hausa, an Arabic phrase which means ‘quarter kilogram of gold piece’, to the highest amount the groom can afford to pay.
Are hausas mixed?
The Hausa People and Hausa language have also developed across millions of years. The Hausa People have mixed with others across Africa given birth to the term “HAUSAWA”.
What are the characteristics of traditional architecture?
The characteristics of traditional architecture used by architects and builders includes a commitment to maintaining a link to the past styles of building, reuse of materials or designing homes and building to stay consistent with the overall building design of the area.
What is Hausa marriage?
The Hausa traditional marriage is mostly based on Islamic, and not as time consuming or expensive like the Igbo and Yoruba traditional marriage ceremonies. Once the woman accepts the marriage offer, the man sends his parents or guardians as well as elderly relatives to formally ask for her hand in marriage.
How do Hausa do their marriage?
The Hausa traditional marriage is mostly based on Islamic rites, and not as time consuming or expensive like the Igbo and Yoruba traditional marriage ceremonies. Once the woman accepts the marriage offer, the man sends his parents or guardians as well as elderly relatives to formally ask for her hand in marriage.