Kabwata Cultural Village

We finally visited Lusaka's own cultural arts village.  It is located in the Kabwata section of the city and is called the Kabwata Cultural Village.  Below is a picture of their sales area.

 

 

Several of the locals make the many items that are sold here and in the markets that occur on Holidays at a mall and the last Saturday of the month at the Dutch Reform Church.  Some items are nice works of art and others are mass produced to be sold as souvenirs.  The difference in the market at this location is that here is also the workshop where they produce many of the items. 

 

 

If you look closely you can see some of their tools mixed in with the wood shavings.   Here is a closer look at the hand tools.

 

 

 

 

This is a stock pile of their raw materials.

 

 

They do use some electricity in buffing the pieces they are making.

 

 

So what does the final product look like?  I didn't take any pictures of that.  I guess I was too interested in what their shop was like.  I do believe that many items are made elsewhere.  They all take turns working in the shop one day and then selling their items another day.