woman carding wool at a textile fair in Soracá, Boyacá, Colombia

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In the central part of Colombia, crossed by the Andes, it is pretty cold, due to the height. So the work of making wool clothes is a tradition that exists since before the arrival of spanish, and still a form of handcraft. Here a woman, dressing the tipical colombian poncho, called "ruana" is carding wool during a textile fair

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Size: 3413px × 5120px
Location: Soracá, Boyacá, Colombia, South America
Photo credit: © Roberto Orrú / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: america, ande, andes, boyaca, boyacá, caribbean, clothes, colombia, orru, roberto, ruana, south, textile, tradition, women, wool, work