Feliz Navidad! Here is our 2011 Christmas card to you all. We'd like to thank everyone for their kindness and support to us this past year. Warm wishes to everyone this holiday season. May you eat, drink and be merry!
Hi all,
We've been a bit quiet on the blog front this last week or so, because we are all preparing for the holiday period!
The lights are all up in the Plaza and even though the sun is blazing outside, everyone is still in a Christmassy mood...
Christmas in the Plaza
This Wednesday, we are going to one of the weaving communities, Chaullacocha, for our annual Chocolatada. We will be preparing hot chocolate with bread for all the children and hopefully spreading a bit of Christmas cheer! Photos and a report of this to come in the New Year...
Name: Paulina Sicos Huaman
Community: Rumira Sondormayo
Position: I am the Treasurer of the community's weaving assocation.
Age: 56+ - I am not completely sure.
Marital Status: I am married.
Children: I have six children, three girls and three boys.
Favourite Article to weave: I like to weave the challina because it is less difficult to create.
What is your favourite pallay: I like to weave pallays of animals, I have a lot of experience weaving these so now I can do them more quickly and easily than other pallays.
Favourite Animal: My favourite animal is the alpaca, to eat.
What are your favourite colours for weaving: I have always liked red and white.
Do you prefer to work at home or outside: I prefer to work outside because it is calmer.
What hopes and dreams do you have for your children, will they go to school: I have two sons studying in Lima, the other is working as a labourer in the jungle. The others all have families.
What is your favourite thing about your village: I like the freedom of the countryside.
What is the biggest change to happen in your village in the last few years: There is more education, even for the girls. There is now a medical centre and roads.
N.B These interviews were conducted in Quechua and then translated into Spanish and then English so although we try and keep as close to the weavers responses as possible there will undoubtedly be some disparity.
