The textile museum, my personal favorite in Sucre. This place makes one understand more what’s with all the carpets, ponchos, blankets etc. being dumped on tourist herds at every second corner in bigger cities. It also gives a taste on what really nice peaces are supposed to look like.There is a project going on in Bolivia which has revitalized the creativity of the indigenous waving culture. As of the 80`s it blew new life into the colorful machine and brought it back on track from the mass-production like monotonously boring shapes into a whole new wave of innovation. The project enables small communities to commercialese their work in a decent and profitable way, to pass on their knowledge to younger generations and most of all to establish and maintain a well deserved respect and interest towards their art.
What I personally found extremely intriguing is this creative power which has been passed on through generations and its ability to react to a changing world, all this in a country which seems to be captured by the past more than any other country I have visited before. Lots of respect from my side…
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