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Bolivian Andean Textiles: October 2009
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30 October, 2009. To weave in a unique fashion: Textile styles. In the Andean region, weaving skills are very relevant. Men and women are expected to show some level of expertise when they weave, so that their textiles may be considered as k’achitos (pretty in quechua). Each community shows different weaving techniques; hence a variety of textile styles exist. The differences between them depend on a number of factors:. Zig zag lines detail. Chromatic context. This means what colors are used to weave...
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Bolivian Andean Textiles: Todos Santos: When the dead call upon the living
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06 November, 2009. Todos Santos: When the dead call upon the living. The economic and social situation throughout rural regions in La Paz and their closeness (in distance) to the seat of the national government have promoted a huge increment in the migration statistics. Entire families leave their lands and communities in order to improve their quality of life. The population mainly consists of aimara migrants from communities around La Paz. Although there are people from all around Bolivia. October's fi...
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Bolivian Andean Textiles: To weave in a unique fashion: Textile styles
http://andeantextiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-weave-in-unique-fashion-textile.html
30 October, 2009. To weave in a unique fashion: Textile styles. In the Andean region, weaving skills are very relevant. Men and women are expected to show some level of expertise when they weave, so that their textiles may be considered as k’achitos (pretty in quechua). Each community shows different weaving techniques; hence a variety of textile styles exist. The differences between them depend on a number of factors:. Zig zag lines detail. Chromatic context. This means what colors are used to weave...
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Bolivian Andean Textiles: November 2009
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06 November, 2009. Todos Santos: When the dead call upon the living. The economic and social situation throughout rural regions in La Paz and their closeness (in distance) to the seat of the national government have promoted a huge increment in the migration statistics. Entire families leave their lands and communities in order to improve their quality of life. The population mainly consists of aimara migrants from communities around La Paz. Although there are people from all around Bolivia. October's fi...
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Textiles Andinos Bolivianos: El watado, técnica textil de los Andes bolivianos (primera parte)
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08 marzo, 2010. El watado, técnica textil de los Andes bolivianos (primera parte). Al realizar una pequeña entrada en el mundo de la textileria actual de la zona andina de Bolivia, el término watado, en lengua quechua, es singularmente atrayente por su significación en términos textiles más allá de ser un recurso técnico. ¿Representa eso, una técnica y nada más? Esta técnica conocida como watado o también en algunas regiones del sur del país (Kalcha) como wataniashqa, consistía durante el periodo prehisp...
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Textiles Andinos Bolivianos: marzo 2010
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15 marzo, 2010. El watado, técnica textil de los Andes bolivianos (segunda parte). En el departamento de La Paz. Las provincias Franz Tamayo y Bautista Saavedra son parte del antiguo territorio ocupado por la cultura kallawaya, registros gráficos de finales del XIX y principios del XX muestran el uso profuso del watado en ponchos y capachos –bolsos-, propios de los médicos naturistas y herbolarios conocidos también como kallawayas. Prendas de tejido reciente (tercer tercio del siglo XX) muestran el uso d...
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Textiles Andinos Bolivianos: noviembre 2009
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05 noviembre, 2009. Todo santos: Cuando los muertos traen a los vivos (Segunda parte). Lea la primera parte de este artículo. El 2 de noviembre, entre rezos y lamentos se recoge la mesa, en trabajo coordinado que los hace ser más familia en torno al alma que los visita. Recogido todo, se van al cementerio, allá se prepara una nueva mesa, muchas veces sobre la tumba misma y se espera a que los “reziris” (rezadores) vengan a rezar por el alma del difunto. Se aprecian todos los elementos mencionados. Este s...