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Peruvian Knitted Hats

Synopsis
The videos in the SURVIVING TRADITIONS series have all been filmed on location in countries where craft traditions still survive. Made with the co-operation and assistance of the local people the videos are not travel films but vital records of tradtional processes and techniques within the social, cultural and historical context in which their skills have survived.
In the old Inca villages in the mountains around the Sacred Valley near Cusco and in islands in the middle of Lake Titicaca, men and women still knit hats as part of their traditional costume. Each village has its own unique shape and design of hat. This film shows men and women knitting hats in the villages of Accha alta, Chinchero, Pitumarca, Chahuaytiri in the Cusco area and on the islands of Amantini and Taquile on Lake Titicaca.
Series
Surviving Traditions, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2003
Year of production
2003
Subjects
Anthropology; Crafts
Keywords
Peru; knitting

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£9.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
30 minutes
Year
2005

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£9.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
30 minutes
Year
2003

Distributor

Name

Ends of the Earth Ltd

Email
janet@endsoftheearch.co.uk
Web
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Phone
020 8707 0523
Fax
020 8707 4931
Address
PO Box 31
Hampton
TW12 2NW
Name

How2DVD

Email
info@how2dvd.co.uk
Web
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Phone
020 8707 0523
Fax
020 8707 4931
Address
19 Grasmere Close
Feltham
Middlesex TW14 9QW

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