There is so much to learn about this great country Nigeria other than dividing the country with inciting comments against a particular person, tribe or ethnic group. The mindset of a Nigerian should be to love your neighbour. And loving your neighbours means coexisting with everyone around you irrespective of where they come from! There is so much to learn from various culture and tradition and why persons from a particular tribe behave according to the place of their origin.
Hula Kube Borno is a case study. Have you noticed that northern men always wear a certain embroidery cap?
You can attest to the fact that it completes their outfit when on Kaftan. And they do not look completely dressed without that cap. Check out even in the market, when they are negotiating their trade. It does not leave their head!
The origin of the cap is Borno State in Nigeria. That is the particular state where this unique cap emanated from. Zanna Bukar Dipcharima, a Minister in the First Republic popularised the use of the caps.
The Bangwal is the category with a bigger and bolder pattern of embroidery. Stitching takes seven days to 14 days to complete.
The tangaran as a classical zanna variety is quite difficult to make not to mention time-consuming. This is because embroidery is stitched in smaller, tighter patterns and it can take up to eight weeks to piece together. Once done, it is more appealingly beautiful and more epic than any other.
Tangaran is made with a special kind of thread known as DMC, which is believed to always keep its attractiveness in check even after series of laundry. It makes it the most expensive cap. Trust me, tangaran is a choice no one ever regrets making, for neither it wearer nor its admirers find it easy to resist its charms. However, since not everyone can sacrifice that much amount every time they desire a new addition to their Kube collection, the Bangwal becomes an option.
It is an admirable traditional outfit from the North. Amazingly today, most of the youths in Nigeria have also incorporated Hula Kube into their everyday jeans wear and like women with great dress appeal ,sophisticated women have also topped their dress sense with Hula Kube cap to complete their own dress appeal.
I admire the Hula Kube cap because it fits every face structure and it adds to beauty. This is another uniting feature of Nigeria: that each tribe can interact with even the dressing of another culture to improve it into their own dress appeal.
Whatever the size of your pocket is, this cap from Yaudi in Bama will definitely accentuate your dress code in whatever format a person decides to rock it.
. Lilian Mabeek is a writing enthusiast who enjoys to captivate her readers with everyday happenings or experiences as it best soothes each person, having similar and peculiar reactions and interaction with daily life occurrences. As an inspirational writer focused on indelible prints of positivity of the minds on anyone reading a line or pages as it were, she prefers not to delve into negative stories or publications, but rather intentionally purges the minds of readers to awaken to a beautiful world where endless joy is found and possibilities exist. For Mabeek, her purpose is to bring peaceful memories, coexistence and friendliness to the mind of anyone who reads her daily digest. You can describe her choice of expression as a daily English usage for better comprehension among readers of all educational qualifications. Mabeek’s passion for writing was borne out of ensuring that anyone reading any publication will find pleasure, humour, laughter and an appreciation of whatever is being written about, but ultimately avert stress, anxiety, depression and any form of life challenge. As a social commentator and public relations consultant, for her the pen is a tool to the heart of the society, bringing public enlightenment that it pays to focus on positive narratives and creating a greater image for Nigeria.