Senegal's textile heritage includes the narrow-strip weaving traditions of the Manjak people, originally from present-day Guinea-Bissau and long established in the Casamance region and Dakar. Woven pagne Manjak cloth marks every major life passage — birth, marriage, and death — and remains a living, if fragile, craft sustained by dedicated cooperative workshops.
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Senegal's textile heritage includes the narrow-strip weaving traditions of the Manjak people, originally from present-day Guinea-Bissau and long established in the Casamance region and Dakar. Woven pagne Manjak cloth marks every major life passage — birth, marriage, and death — and remains a living, if fragile, craft sustained by dedicated cooperative workshops.
