Bobo-Dioulasso and Bags

The second largest city in Burkina Faso is Bobo-Dioulasso (sounds like it is out of Star Wars). I captured some key areas of interest with my camera. The first is a women's group that makes purses and bags from the plastic sashay bags that litter all of Burkina Faso. They even have a petit room to showcase their designs. Their products are amazing and I have a website but it is sadly in French. The quality is amazing and do not be surprised if some people get some of these bags as presents when I come back to the United Stats. . . hint hint.

Display of bags

Bags and Coin Purses

Pillows and wallets

Little Sashay dolls for display

Behind the building a women cleans the black plastic sasays before they are woven into bags. Talk about recycling.

The fellow female volunteers have a grand old time looking through all of the goodies.

They even have clothes. Yes this is a jacket made out of black bags too

They use looms to weave their products. Brekke checks out their operations

After being washed the black bags are hung out to dry in the sun.

A women sits and knits with plastic

Behind the sashay ladies building is the Grand Mosque of Bobo. It is ancient and made out of mud and so beautiful. Enjoy the photos and it is wood sticking out of the sides of the mosque.