Textile Art Santiago de Machaca - Peace

The textile art of Santiago de Machaca can be seen at the REDCOM Museum and Textile Production Center: AIIi Important samples of tissue from the Andean area are exhibited…

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Textile Art Santiago de Machaca – Peace

The textile art of Santiago de Machaca can be seen at the REDCOM Museum and Textile Production Center: AIIi Important samples of tissue from the Andean area are exhibited, For example, the weaving process is described, from the mastery of fibers with the spinning wheel and its different types of twisting, dyed and warped until obtaining the final product. The center is also dedicated to holding courses and seminars on topics related to the production and sale of textiles.. The association works in the municipalities of Catacora and Santiago de Machaca and the communities of “Arisama”, “Pairumani”, “Rain” and “Snow”. Santiago de Machaca has camelid farming as its main occupation and has been called the Capital of the Llama or “QARA”.. The skills of the residents in the production of textiles are a way to influence this universal vocation of the people.. Its products are used in the costumes of the most emblematic dance of the region such as the “Tarqueada”., instrument based
of wind.

The most representative fabrics of this area are the mantillas, ponchos, chalinas, gloves, socks, art born from spinning wheels and looms that tell in their colors and figures the synthesis of the complex symbiosis of stories, the myths, the gods and the people.

AUTONOMOUS DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNMENT OF LA PAZ
SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION
DIRECTORATE OF CULTURES AND TOURISM
TOURISM UNIT

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