Traditional Beadmaking Workshop
ID: GYG749553-1211251
Category:
Country: Ghana
Country: Ghana
Duration: 07:00 hours
Description
Experience the best of local glass beads workshop where you are made to craft your own type and choice of beads with coaching from a skilled beads maker.
Spend your day in a traditional bead making environment. Experience a detailed workshop of Ghanaian traditional bead crafting. Learn a new skills from how broken glass bottles are pounded, kneaded and baked in a mud oven to make a stylish bead. Try your hands on the whole bead making process and come out with your own crafted bead style. Ask the instructor some few questions about the process and the skills used crafting them. Take personal videos and photos while in process with your workshop. Get souvenirs home for memories.
Kindly note that, this workshop gives you the opportunity to select and make any type of beads either for the wrist, ankle or neck. Waist beads takes longer time than usual to make so they are not part of the selection to make during this four hours workshop but you can buy either a pre-made from the showroom or make selection of your bead color, sizes or shapes for the beadmaker to arrange for you.
Spend your day in a traditional bead making environment. Experience a detailed workshop of Ghanaian traditional bead crafting. Learn a new skills from how broken glass bottles are pounded, kneaded and baked in a mud oven to make a stylish bead. Try your hands on the whole bead making process and come out with your own crafted bead style. Ask the instructor some few questions about the process and the skills used crafting them. Take personal videos and photos while in process with your workshop. Get souvenirs home for memories.
Kindly note that, this workshop gives you the opportunity to select and make any type of beads either for the wrist, ankle or neck. Waist beads takes longer time than usual to make so they are not part of the selection to make during this four hours workshop but you can buy either a pre-made from the showroom or make selection of your bead color, sizes or shapes for the beadmaker to arrange for you.
Highlights
- Learn how local glass beads are made.
- Know some basic local history about beadmaking in Ghana.
- Make your own choice of bead style and shape.
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
INCLUDED
- Workshop fees.
- Tour guide services.
- Air-condition private transportation
- Bottle water
NOT INCLUDED
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.