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The women of San Miguel Mariankiari Centre learn to weave during their first menstruation, as part of a ritual of initiation to reproductive life.
10 min. | Feminine and Plural | 2019
Synopsis
The women of San Miguel Mariankiari Centre learn to weave during their first menstruation, as part of a ritual of initiation to reproductive life. Two of the community’s grandmothers tell us how they learned to weave and the value of weaving in their customs, and how they are yielding to modernity.
Artistic and technic data
Year:
2019
Duration:
10 min.
Direction:
Gabriela Olivera
Indigenous peoples:
Ashaninka
Geographic area:
Bolivia
Language:
Spanish
Subject:
Feminine and Plural
Genre(s):
Documentary
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