Yaku Wear is an online business boutique where we sell Jewellry & Panama Hats.
* 100% straw hats are hand-woven in Ecuador.
*ecuadorian silver filigree
Yaku shigras are here!
The #shigras are made by #Waorani indigenous people from the Ecuadorian jungle, made using ancestral techniques passed down from #generation to generation.
โ ๏ธ Organic ๐ด๐งถ
โ ๏ธ Handmade ๐คฒ
โ ๏ธ Recycle โป๏ธ
โ ๏ธ Slow fashion
โ ๏ธ Sustainable materials
Weaving Shigras
The Waorani indigenous people harvest the chambira leaves to be taken from the forest to the community. They are shredded, washed, cooked, and dried in the open air, and after three days the raw material is ready to braid and remove the thread to weave.
#handmade
The Waorani are an Indigenous people from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador. They are hunter-and-gatherers who live in harmony with their environment and their skills are passed from generation to generation.
The process of weaving handicrafts in Chambira
#organic#philly#Ecuador
Yaku Wear specializes in toquilla hats from its founder's native Ecuador. She is also part of a collective known as the Global Craft Market, which are looking for retail space in the city. https://t.co/BBdi0MRmeT
The world becomes more interconnected as languages, cuisines, customs, and more are continuously exchanged in the U.S. Immigrants expose us to different cultures and expand our worldview. This is why #Welcomingworks.
#ImmigrantHeritageMonth#CelebrateImmigrants
@PresenteMedia Thank you to @presentemediacollective and @michellemyersa for the extraordinary interview to our Founder Silvia Roldรกn.
Friends you can visit https://t.co/BI6aUFoEH8 to to read the whole article in English and Spanish.
Have a wonderful week! ๐
#yakuempowerwomen#immigrants
Did you know the Panama hat isnโt from Panama?
Read our article to learn how did the misnomer happen? And how Ecuadorian immigrant Silvia Roldรกn has made it her mission to educate people about the misconception.
Check it out: https://t.co/FE5a8AM2HV