Showing posts with label Ecuador. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecuador. Show all posts
Friday, March 12, 2010
Ecuador´s Best Panama Hats
As I am sure you know, the "Panama" hat is from Ecuador, and Cuenca is the capital of hat-making. Today we were shown around Alberto Pulla´s workshop by the man himself, who has been featured in articles across the world.
Labels:
Alberto Pulla,
best hats,
Cuenca,
Ecuador,
Panama hat
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Shrunken Heads
Forget the US thing for "shrinks", in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Shuar avenged murders by reducing the killer´s head to a tsantsa, the size of a tennis ball.
Labels:
Ecuador,
head shrinking,
shrunken heads,
Shuar,
tsantsa
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