How to extract fibers from agave and weave ropes and bags
Cómo extraer fibras de agave y tejer mecates y bolsas
Object Details
Subject Language | Tzeltal |
Language PID(s) | ailla:119666 |
Title [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Title | |
Title | How to extract fibers from agave and weave ropes and bags |
Language Community | |
Country(ies) | Mexico |
Place Created | Oxchuc, Chiapas |
Date Created | 2006-07-29 |
Description [Indigenous] | |
Language of Indigenous Description | |
Description | A video recording about a traditional handicraft of Oxchuc which is no more performed: the extraction of fibers from agave cactus and the weaving of ropes and bags. In part one, don Jaime shows how to select and cut off the leaves of the agave, and then how to scrape them with a tool in order to extract the fibers. In part two, don Manuel presents the different kinds of bags which were traditionally woven in Oxchuc; then don Domingo shows the techniques of weaving agave fibers into bags; then don Jaime, don Domingo, don Manuel, don Joaquín and don Samuel show the techniques of fibers twisting to make ropes. In part three, on Manuel, don Jaime and don Domingo present the tools for making ropes and bags; then don Manuel shows in details the difference between each kind of traditional bag. |
Genres | Instructions Ethnography |
Source Note | 060729 Oxchuc sk'oplal jal chojak' |
References | |
Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Polian, Gilles (Researcher) |
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role | Asociación Xmuxuk' Balumilal (Creator) |
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