The inauguration of the Winter Olympic Gamesin Beijing, China, left many postcards to remember.
Amid the excitement that the same city hosted for the first time in history the traditional Olympic Games (Beijing 2008) and the Winter Games (2022), the outfits of the delegations stole all eyes.
In the capital of the Asian giant, where our athletes had arrived 14 years ago, Colombia once again caused a sensation. This time, all for the worked ruanas carried by the national representatives.
(Also read: Colombia in the Winter Olympics: where did the ruana for the parade come from?)
Along with the pride that Colombians felt to see the athletes with the Boyacá ruanas, a series of comments emerged on social networks due to the similarity of the garment with which the actor had worn a year ago. Jason Momoarecognized for his role as ‘Aquaman’.
As it has been known, the company that designed both ruanas is the same: Rebancá tissues.
Where does the ruana come from?
According to Tejidos Rebancá, they seek to investigate, rescue, value and share ancestral textile techniques and trades 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 felting.
“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 adds: “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”, they report.
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