During
thousands of years the textile cloth
and the mantle
of soft leather have been the protection in which humanity has found its
second skin up to the time of its primitive arquitecture.
The poncho,
a rectangular woven mantle
with an opening
in the middle to put the head through and which rests on the shoulders,
has an ample
tradition in all America.
from simple
attire to a nomad's home
roof, bed,pillow,
dress and shroud.
As a bearer
of signs its decorations transmit its group membership, its past, rank
or devotion.
Elaborated
with different wools, colourful or simple, thick or light, the poncho tells
us of a way of life it tells us of the winds of the plains.
the cold
of the mountains, of the distances travelled and of rest by the fireside. |
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