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Mathira elders carry on dying art, trade of bamboo basket weaving

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Richard Ngatia, an elder at Ihwagi Village in Mathira, Nyeri, weaving a basket using bamboo shoots. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Basket weaving is an art traditionally practised by women as a hobby and a source of income.

However, elderly men from the Ihwagi area in Mathira, Nyeri County, have taken on bamboo basket weaving as an income-generating project.

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