Context

I learnt about Shipibo-Konibo textile patterns in Lima, and Andean textile process in Cusco. Here is a summary of the photos and some written documentation.

Shipibo Konibo

The Shipibo-Konibo indigenous people traditionally live in the Ucayali river basin in Peru’s Amazon region. They arrived from Ucayali to Lima in the 1990s and became the first native urban community in Peru. Its members identify themselves as an indigenous community and maintain their language, art, knowledge, and internal rules related to coexistence.

They settled on the Cantagallo Island in the Rímac River where they built their own community. The population grew each year until 2016, when the Shipibo-Konibo of Cantagallo lost everything in a devastating fire, including their sewing machines and other tools needed for their artisan trade.

Some survivors moved to other areas for a while and work now in the textile industry. Others, however, tried and still try to recover from the tragedy and resume their business. In 2019, the Shipibo-Konibo in Lima decided to take fate into their own hands and move back to Cantagallo, where they are living today again together as a community. Bit by bit, they’re rebuilding their community.

source also see ariticle

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More reference

About kene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%C3%A9 a short guide https://www.perunorth.com/news/2016/3/30/art-of-the-shipibo https://moa.ubc.ca/2018/09/a-closer-look-at-kene-design-in-arts-of-resistance/ Exhibition in MOA https://www.xapiriground.org/bulletin/kere-kere-tracing-the-iskonawa-kinship https://www.xapiriground.org/design-heritage/shipibo-textiles https://www.xapiriground.org/design-heritage/yine-textiles https://www.xapiriground.org/design-heritage/iskonawa-textiles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQTiNn7a2MU a short guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRWp5hviSs a longer guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqnx4OyJaXo detailed workshop