Posted in Recommended destinations on Apr 16th, 2008
Bahia de Caraquez became an Ecocity on February 23, 1999 due to the devastation caused by two natural disasters in 1997 and 1998: the "El Niño" phenomenon and an earthquake in august of the later year. Due to the high magnitude of destruction, Bahía had to completely reconstruct itself. Funding and consulting between Japanese organization […]
Posted in News on Apr 16th, 2008
Pummeled a bit to provide regularity, flexibility and suppleness and dried. The sides and crown are actually carefully beaten (another art unto itself) to even them out, but without damaging the hat. The finishing processes after this are the only semi industrialized part of the Panama hat's production but are accomplished with hand operated tools or […]
Posted in News on Apr 16th, 2008
It's the only income the weaver's families have. Occasionally a darker or lighter fiber is admitted into the weaving process to break up the monochromic look and give it personality, it is not in any case a defect. This isn't "bad" nor of inferior quality, it is a matter of taste as to subtle color […]