C O N C E P T “ROOTS”

MY RESEARCH BEGAN WITH PERSONAL EXPLORATION OF MY CHILDHOOD 

MEMORIES AND ACTIVITIES WHICH IN MY CASE REVOLVED AROUND

TRADITIONAL DANCE, A PURSUIT I ENGAGED IN FOR NINE YEARS . AS I DELVED DEEPER INTO MY RESEARCH OF TRADITIONAL DANCE AROUND THE WORLD I UNEARTHED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAIRSTYLE THAT SO MANY CULTURES 

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HAD IN COMMON. I RECALL HOW SOMETHIMG AS SEEMINGLY MUNDANE AS BRAIDING OUR HAIR FORGED AN EVEN STRONGER BOND BETWEEN MY MUM AND I.

 

BRAIDING IS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY THAT FOSTERS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BRAIDERS AND THOSE RECEIVING THE BRAIDS.