Part of the Colombian delegation in the Olympic Games of winter of Beijing paraded in the early hours of this Friday at the opening ceremony.
One of the details that most caught the attention of the public was the clothing worn by the athletes, a ruana designed by a company from Boyacá, Rebanca Fabricsan artisanal fashion workshop.
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According to the company, they seek to investigate, rescue, value and share ancestral textile techniques and crafts from the Cundiboyacense highlands, such as weaving on a horizontal loom, hand spinning and dyeing with plants, as well as techniques from other regions, such as wet felting. and dry felt.
“Through the creation of unique traditional and contemporary garments, full of the color and textures of various ecosystems present in Colombia, we seek to convey the intensity of the landscapes and the identity of the Boyacá region,” says the clothing company .
And he added: “We work with flat fabric, handmade felt and vegetable dyeing, since sheep’s wool, our raw material par excellence, allows us to create thousands of universes, either alone or in the company of other materials.”
They note that they work with artisan weavers and spinners from Sogamoso, Iza, Firavitoba, Corrales, Beteitiva, Pesca, Tota and Cuitiva, in Boyacá, as well as with producers of natural silk in Cauca.
“We use native and foreign plants from the region, widely used in dyeing, to achieve different colors. Some of the plant and animal species used in the artisanal dyeing processes, from different municipalities of the department of Boyacá and in the case of the cochineal, from Chile.
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