Today I experienced another empowering community at a women’s cooperative in Teotitlan del Valle, a village outside of Oaxaca.
What did I observe?
- The process of creating rugs: Brushing out sheep wool, changing it to yarn using a spindle, crushing plants to make natural dyes for the yarn, making the yarn into wool
- Women telling their stories of changing a community by taking on a recycling initiative, planting trees, selling their rugs, and forming a cooperative together
- A traditional healing process: Scents of rosemary and incense, the brushing of leaves on my shoulders, oil on leaves in my hands
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| Learning how to brush out the wool from an expert |
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| Indigo |
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