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MAKING: Gathering plants for wool dyeing

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posted on 2025-11-17, 12:00 authored by Lorena Toro-MayorgaLorena Toro-Mayorga
MAR y CEC go to the fields in their communities to gather ñachak flowers to dye the wool.<p></p>

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

S05

Rights owner

Lorena Isabel Toro-Mayorga

Title alt

Ñachak sisa

Description alt

MAR y CEC van a los campos de sus comunidades a recolectar flores de ñachak para teñir la lana.

Cultural group

Kichwa

Participants

Martha Beatríz Masaquiza Masaquiza, Hilda Cecilia Pichamba

Country

Ecuador

Place

Salasaka, Tungurahua

Cultural context/event

Wool dyeing

Date of creation

2023-11-26

Unique ID

2022SG16-S05-0374