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The Art Of Swahili Dhow Racing Canvas Print
by David Schweitzer
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The Art Of Swahili Dhow Racing canvas print by David Schweitzer. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5" x 1.5" stretcher bars (gallery wrap) or 5/8" x 5/8" stretcher bars (museum wrap). Your canvas print will be delivered to you "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Swahili racing teams from the villages and islands of the Lamu Archipelago come together several times a year to compete in traditional arabic-styled Mashua dhows off Kenya's northern Indian Ocean coast.About sixteen young men are crowded into each of these dhows to give the necessary weight, balance and stability against a stiff coastal tradewind, a wind pattern that has historically characterized this region since Lamu was established in the 14th Century as a major Swahili trading outpost and settlement on the coastal run between Zanzibar and the Arabic world to the north.The races are usually organized in conjunction with a cultural festival or an Islamic religious holiday celebrating the birth of Abraham or the prophet Mohammed. These elegant dhows are in the final leg of the classic Shela-based race organized by Peponi's on New Year's Day.Swahili Dhow SeriesImage provided by Getty Images.
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