Traditional Peruvian Weaving: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving Around Cusco

Synopsis: The videos in the SURVIVING TRADITIONS series have all been filmed on location in countries where craft traditions still survive. This film has been made with the cooperation of Nilda Callanaupa and the Centre for Traditional Textiles of Cusco and visits the villages of Chinchero, Accha alta, Chahuaytiri and Pitumarca. It is not a travel film but a vital record of tradtional processes and techniques within the social, cultural and historical context in which their skills have survived.
High in the mountain valleys around Cusco some of the Peruvian textile traditions dating back thousands of years are still being carried on. This film goes into the villages to see men and women spinning, dyeing, warping up, weaving and finishing with woven braids. The contents include spinning on a drop spindle, dyeing with cochineal, skeleton warp, complementary warp weaving, woven tubular edging and beaded ribbons.
Series: Surviving Traditions, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2003
Year of production: 2002
Subjects: Anthropology; Crafts
Keywords: dyes; Peru; spinning; weaving

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