Adjudication is in progress in the hut painting competition run by Amagugu International Heritage Center aimed at preserving a diminishing hamlet decoration tradition still practiced in Zimbabwe.
Center director Phathisa Nyathi says the painting tradition is almost disappearing, a situation which prompted the center to engage various companies, the Art Gallery in Bulawayo and the National University of Science and Technology to revive it. Nyathi says two wards in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province, were selected for launching the competition which will be nationalized in the near future. A certain type of mud is used to paint traditional huts.
AMAGUGU INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE CENTER HAMLET PAINTING COMPETITION
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A Matobo woman seen at work, decorating her hamlet using mud sourced locally.
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A woman decorating her hamlet in Matobo district, Matabeleland South Province
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Adjudicators consulting during the mud hut decoration competition in Matobo, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe
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Mud used to hamlets decoration is sourced from nearby areas.