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The Depository documents 4 techniques in Rwanda; by risk level: 1 endangered, 1 stable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The coiled construction of Rwanda's iconic conical-lidded baskets from sisal fiber and natural dyes, woven predominantly by women and known internationally as the 'peace basket.' Origins are described directly by specialist ethnographic…
The hand-building and coiling of unglazed earthenware by the Batwa (Twa) people, Rwanda's smallest and most marginalized indigenous community, historically the country's primary potters and, for the wider agricultural population, the sole…
The sculpting and painting of raised geometric relief patterns from cow dung and natural pigment by Rwandan artisans, predominantly women, of the eastern Kirehe District (Nyakarambi/Nyakarimbi villages).
The fermentation of ripe bananas into urwagwa, Rwanda's traditional banana beer, prepared through an ancestrally transmitted, multi-stage process central to social, ceremonial, and economic life.