Traditional Clothes

The traditional dress of Cameroon varies widely from region to region according to religion, ethnic origin, climate, customs, and beliefs. For instance, the traditional clothing of the largely Muslim, hot, dry northern area of Cameroon is a light, colorful, free-flowing robe with a head covering embellished with embroidery that is worn by both men and women with certain gender adjustments.

The garments are multi-layered with unique combinations of traditional features embroidered on them in the southern region, which is primarily Christian, Rainy, and Has Lots of Forest Land. These dresses are highly expensive to create and take a long time to finish.

Women in Cameroon find pagnes highly useful. Girls in Cameroon use it to warm up during rainy seasons, provide sheathing for their heads in sweltering heat, carry their newborns on their backs (dorsal back), and more. Pagnes are big cloth turbans. Men and women in Cameroon wear more traditional clothing in the country's countryside, but in the nation's cities, men prefer western-style clothing or clothing with an African-European influence. It is one of the the lists of Cameroon Culture, Customs, and Etiquette, that you can learn more about.. City females in Cameroon like a hybrid of traditional and western clothing, known as pagnes, which also includes blouses, shirts, and a hybrid of these called Afritude.