World Attraction Guides 3
Peru
Cusco Ponchos
Richly woven ponchos add color to a market in Cusco. In Chincheros, a family’s most important textile is a rectangular weaving called a manta. Besides being used to carry items such as food or firewood, mantas are designed with a special set of colors and patterns unique to each Chincheros community.
Mother and child
Swaddled in traditional textiles, a mother and child brace against Peru’s cold mountain air. In Chincheros, children grow up playing with their mother’s spindle and loom, and most children learn to weave by age six or seven by watching their elders.
| Capital and Population Lima; 8,180,000 Area 1,285,216 square kilometers (496,224 square miles) Language Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Religion Roman Catholic | Currency nuevo sol Life Expectancy 69 GDP Per Capita U.S. $5,000 Literacy Percent 91 |
As you can see for yourself from the map, Peru is located faraway in South America. Doesn't sound far to me I guess. From what I've read from National Geography, Peru or Peruvian weave for a living and the people there; people of Chincheros has kept their ancestor's tradition alive by keeping their weaving traditions alive.
Well for the people of Chincheros, weaving is a way of living and earning a livelihood. During Inca reign, textiles were woven and offered to mark special occasions, from peace treaties and sacrifices to marriage ceremonies and puberty rites. Weaving are used to in their everyday lives. You can see how cool their weaving skills are, maybe my girlfriend should learn more from them! lol~
Well for the people of Chincheros, weaving is a way of living and earning a livelihood. During Inca reign, textiles were woven and offered to mark special occasions, from peace treaties and sacrifices to marriage ceremonies and puberty rites. Weaving are used to in their everyday lives. You can see how cool their weaving skills are, maybe my girlfriend should learn more from them! lol~
Cusco Ponchos
Richly woven ponchos add color to a market in Cusco. In Chincheros, a family’s most important textile is a rectangular weaving called a manta. Besides being used to carry items such as food or firewood, mantas are designed with a special set of colors and patterns unique to each Chincheros community.Photo Credit: Gavin Hellier/Getty Images
Mother and child
Swaddled in traditional textiles, a mother and child brace against Peru’s cold mountain air. In Chincheros, children grow up playing with their mother’s spindle and loom, and most children learn to weave by age six or seven by watching their elders.Photo Credit: William Albert Allard
Chincheros Belt Weaving
At Peru’s Chincheros market, a weaver displays a traditional Indian belt, still in progress. From shearing, spinning, and dying the wool, to weaving the brightly patterned cloths, Chincheros textiles are created entirely by hand.
Photo Credit: Andrea Pistolesi/Getty Images
Parading Llamas
Herders parade proud llamas past ruins in Peru’s highlands. Found in the foothills of the Andes and used as pack animals by the Inca, llamas are prized for their soft wool, which produces some of Chincheros’s finest weavings.
The Llama really looks weird yet cute at the same time haha. Take a look at this video about llamas!
At Peru’s Chincheros market, a weaver displays a traditional Indian belt, still in progress. From shearing, spinning, and dying the wool, to weaving the brightly patterned cloths, Chincheros textiles are created entirely by hand. Photo Credit: Andrea Pistolesi/Getty Images
Parading Llamas
Herders parade proud llamas past ruins in Peru’s highlands. Found in the foothills of the Andes and used as pack animals by the Inca, llamas are prized for their soft wool, which produces some of Chincheros’s finest weavings.Photo Credit: Jeremy Horner/Getty Images
The Llama really looks weird yet cute at the same time haha. Take a look at this video about llamas!
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