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    Clothing(服装)is a language. We can look at the traditional clothing to know more about1.

    Africa has a long history and a rich culture, and this is 2 in traditional dress. The three colors-red, gold and 3are often used in the clothing. The first color represents the blood of millions of people who fought 4 freedom; the second, rich resources of the African earth; and the third, the grassland of home.

    Because clothing has strong social meanings, people are very5in choosing what to wear. It would be a serious mistake to wear the wrong clothes,6to dress in the wrong way. For example, in Ghana(加纳)，a woman should wear her waistband(腰带)7 according to the importance of the social event.

    Traditional dress also tells us about everyday life. African 8 are famous for loose(宽松的)clothing. The temperature there can be very high during the daytime but very low at night, so it 9that the clothes are comfortable for daily life.

    Today although more and more young people like wearing Western clothes, especially in big cities in Africa, traditional African dress is 10 quite valuable. This is because it has deep cultural meanings.