Known traditionally for their folksy appeal, Peruvian textiles created high in the Andes mountains are being re-invented for the 21st Century. By Dominic Lutyens. With their strong, saturated colours ...
During wedding ceremonies, Peruvian wedding blankets are often used as ceremonial attire or props. They may be draped over ...
Recently, I’ve seen that many people in the Western world have begun to question our general collective aversion to color. Real estate agents recommend keeping walls in neutral colors and investing in ...
The history of textiles in Peru started 5,000 years ago when pre-Inca and Inca civilization weavers mastered natural cotton and alpaca fibers. Now, these ancestral techniques, combined with modern ...
Textile art in contemporary Shipibo and Andean cultures functions as symbol and document of cultural continuity, generating new signification as form, pattern, and design, often serve to visually ...
At the closure of the Binational Textile Art Gathering for women artisans from Yucatán (Mexico), Cajamarca, Ayacucho, and Lima (Peru), organized by UNESCO, embroiderers and textile creators from ...
The Peruvian government has inaugurated the Museo Nacional del Perú (Muna), a $125m museum that was initiated by the ministry of culture to preserve the country’s heritage and now boasts a collection ...
LIMA, Peru - A rare and fragile pre-Incan funeral shroud was displayed to reporters Monday, part of the first batch of ancient Paracas textiles that Sweden is returning to Peru 80 years after they ...
KUWAIT, July 10 (KUNA) -- As part of the 16th cultural summer festival 'Saifi Thakafi 16', Peruvian experts in handicrafts, and traditional weaving and dyeing displayed magnificent products at a ...
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