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Masaya Hammock Weaving

Also known as Hamaca de Masaya

Masaya Hammock Weaving: photograph by Eric Phelps
Photo: Eric Phelps, CC BY 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Pull cotton strands over a frame, knot the rows and choose colour stripes to weave a hammock, matching a customer's order.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Nicaragua.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of The Americas: Mesoamerica.

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