Not specifically documented under a standardized Tem-language term beyond general reference to the woven wrapper cloth
The handloom weaving of narrow-strip cotton wrapper cloth by Tem craftsmen and craftswomen of Sokodé, Togo's second-largest city and the historic capital of the Tem people. Woven wrappers serve both everyday clothing and, notably, the specialized function of being sewn into the tunics and large embroidered boubous worn by Tem knights — mounted, ceremonially armed horsemen — during festival days, most prominently the Gadao-Adossa festival, a joint celebration combining the Tem community's Gadao festival with the neighboring Didaouré community's Adossa festival. Weaving is documented as the single largest craft-sector activity in Sokodé, accounting for over 35 percent of all guild activity in the city, sustained through the Inter-Professional Grouping of Craftsmen and Women of Togo (GIPATO), a national weavers' training center actively teaching new generations both traditional and updated wrapper- and clothing-weaving methods. Sokodé's craft and weaving sector was formally recognized through the city's 2019 UNESCO Creative Cities Network designation for crafts and folk art.
Risk level: Stable · Not independently inscribed as an intangible cultural element; Sokodé itself was designated a UNESCO Creative City in the Crafts and Folk Art category in 2019, formally recognizing the city's craft and weaving sector
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