THE MYSTERY IN THE WOMEN’S DAY FABRIC (wrapper)

 

8^th of March is celebrated as international women’s day if you have not noticed by now. It’s rather amazing to find the wide disparity that comes to the celebration part of it. I thought of writing this article because I was so concerned with the way Cameroonian women celebrate this day. International women’s day as I know is a day put aside for women to commemorate the womanhood and build a platform to empower the woman. Commemorating means identifying the abuse on women or the challenges faced by women and giving solution to those challenges. It means a day set aside to remind the woman that they too can be of positive influence in the society especially playing a role in those activities assumed to be allocated just for men.

 For a couple of years now, Cameroon has been taking part in the women’s day celebration as well. The whole celebration thing kind of went wild dating back like three years ago. I think for some reason, the actual existence of the essence of the women’s day has been forgotten and the fabric used (wrapper) has been idolized more for the case of Cameroon. It will amaze you to note that some families basically break up on 

8^th march in Cameroon for reasons such as a husband could not buy the women’s day fabric for the wife or the husband will not let the wife go out celebrating with other women just to name a few. Well, in recent times, broken homes are just a tip of an iceberg of everything that happens on this day. The celebration is getting dirtier by the day as women deliberately expose their nakedness promoting nudity even without the influence of alcohol. Beer parlors are air tight and crowded with women on numerous amount of bottles, some drunk and passed out and Well you might want to say that not all Cameroonian women celebrate as such. However, those who celebrate as depicted by this article are Cameroonians all the same.

This year’s celebration was not any different in Cameroon, all the crazy stuff and the madness that let to road accidents. All these made me ponder if same approach is given to the celebration in every part of the world. I had to ask a couple of Karawa’s Diary Readers and this is what a few had to say:

 

 THIS IS HOW IT IS CELEBRATED (left out the really sensitive photos)

TINA WINA (UNITED KINGDOM)

Women’s day in UK is like a charity. I don’t think so much is celebrated on women’s day. They are aware it does exist but so much attention is not given to it. However I think it’s because the Sunday that always occurs before women’s day is celebrated as mother’s day as such so much attention is not given to women’s day. However, it is commemorated and it’s a normal day and every activity goes on as usual

EM JAY (GERMANY)

The intl day of the woman in various parts of the world is for cultural and other reasons is perceived and celebrated differently. Unlike in Cameroon, where a special clothing design is being set for the day and match sessions organized among other activities, in the western world, the day, although highly recognized, is comparatively celebrated in a less amusable/lively manner. And it's worse if the day falls within the week because people chase their usual activities normally

Someone like me even forget or only get notified from the Internet

Actually No remarkable activity marks this day in this particular Germany

KELLY KELLY (USA)

Its not that big honestly, not like in  Cameroon or other European country's, people say happy women's day and all but I guess it just depends on where it i/

But some places celebrate it well tho, they have a whole parade, and make a big deal about women's.And this people are ostly the human right activist. But its a generally another day

LAURA K (SOUTH AFRICA)

women's day is just another day here. No special outfit or anything not even a public holiday 

MICHELLE O (UK)

According to me women's day isn't a day to be celebrated in Cameroon. Why can the government not ban it? This is just a day where only blood is shed; more problems are added in relationships and women thinking they can do whatever they want. Like i said my point of view from what I’ve observed. It's in Cameroon that you find our fellow sisters and mothers doing the direct opposite the team talks about. On this day while others make gain with the materials being bought, others split up in their homes. The 8th of March is and will always be a normal day to me. How many women practice this theme? How many do something in line with this theme? People are dying every day, others are sick, some homeless and if 1/5th just 1/5th of our fellow women decide to sacrifice what they spend on the materials they buy, the beers the drink, the transport they'll definitely spend going from a place to another won’t at least one person be safe . With All said i pray we make a change and show one another we can make something better out of this day by empowering and helping not showing us your nudity and amount of negative things you can do.

 

 Funny right?Funny how it seems the Cameroonian women are basically taking the celebration differently. Its alright to celebrate but how you celebrate is very important. What if the women's day fabric was taken off from the women's day plan of celebration of Cameroon? Do you think women will face the day differently? Can u conclude that all the misconduct results from the simple piece of clothe?