It is definitely a great pleasure to have in our hands a beautiful piece, made with an impeccable technique, but which also makes us feel exclusive and different, since we know that we have a unique product. This sensation is what produces a "ONE OF A KIND" Wayuu Backpack.
The Wayuu Indians who inhabit the
Guajira desert of Colombia, possess the gift of creativity and a color
management that would envy a painter. They weave from girls and never stop
knitting until their death.
The first time I saw a Wayuu woman
with her long embroidered dresses of colors, a Wayuu Backpack of a design price
and sandals with huge pompoms walked through the Guajira desert, I thought it
was the most beautiful image I had seen in my lifetime.
Coal mining began in Guajira and
intruders invaded a Wayuu territory. At that time, we could not communicate
with the Wayuu in Spanish and it was difficult to establish a trade of their
products.
My husband fell in love with Wayuu
art and began a difficult task of bringing the Backpacks to the rest of the
world. He was very proud to show the beauty of Colombian products, despite
being born in the United States of America.
Over time, Vogue Magazine
discovered the Wayuu backpack and thanks to this magazine the backpack became
famous. It reminded me of the first time I saw a Wayuu woman in the middle of
the desert sand and the 40 degree sun and the beauty I admired in her taste for
fashion.
Wayuu women learned Spanish, became
merchants of their products, understood that they had to create new styles to
keep surviving in the world of fashion and also learned to use technology and
communicate with the world.
I can only say that each Wayuu
backpack is a piece of art, it is the thought of an indigenous woman who has
done it with much work and love to achieve an exclusive bag.
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