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Mochila
Mochila is the Spanish language word for "knapsack" and may specifically refer to: * Arhuaca mochila, a traditional shoulder bag made by the Arhuaco indigenous peoples of Colombia * Pony Express mochila A mochila (Spanish,mochila [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arhuaca Mochila
The mochila arhuaca (English: Arhuaca knapsack), or tutu iku in Ika, is a popular Colombian artisan bag made by the Arhuaco people of the Sierra Nevada.Villegas, Liliana, and Benjamin Villegas. ''Artefactos : Colombian Crafts from the Andes to the Amazon''. 2nd edition. Bogota: Villegas Company, 2009. 109-10. Print. In recent years, they have become a cultural symbol of Colombian identity. History Although the whole arhuaco community is involved in production, only ''Wati'' (Arhuaco women) can weave the bags together according to custom. Traditionally, the women learn to weave from an early age by watching their mothers. The first mochila they make is given to the priest for the rituals of the life cycle. Characteristics The colors with which the mochilas are woven are earth tones, ranging from brown and beige to black and gray. Originally they were woven with natural fibers from the Arahuaco lands, such as agave and cotton (the latter reserved for Mamos backpacks, which can no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
