Last Saturday I went to Patacancha, a community relatively close to Ollanta, to a natural dye workshop. Weaving has traditionally been a big part of the Andean culture, but lately it had been lost because it takes a very long time and it is very costly. In the last few years, especially thanks to tourism, many communities are reviving the traditiona methods of dying sheep and alpaca wool boiling it in pots with local plants and rocks, and weaving by hand...and the results are gorgeous! It was really great to see how it's done and at the end of the day I smelled like a chain smoker because I'd been standing so close to the pots, trying to keep warm!
Here are some pictures:
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| ollanta and patacancha |
1 comment:
I usually smell... but because I am a smoker.... ahahahaha
Belle le foto, sono contenta che you are loving the place you live.
Io sono ancora a Roma... il tempo è semplicemente torrido... Oh my God! Rimpiango le lunghe piogge londinesi!
ps.I am still waiting for your mail...
a big kiss from ROME CAPUT MUNDIS...AHAHAHAHAHA (e vabbè si sono orgogliosa della mia città dal passato glorioso e il futuro incerto ahahahahah)
Clelia
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