Traditional knowledge and techniques associated with Pasto… (Colombia)
Nomination: Urgent Safeguarding List 2020
EN: Forest of Mocoa (Putumayo), using logs and sticks, two gatherers climb to the top of the Mopa-Mopa tree to harvest their fruits or buds
EN: Delicate harvesting method, in which the fruits of the mopa-mopa shrub are taken with the tips of the fingers
EN: Block of mopa-mopa, a raw material used to produce thin sheets or "fabrics” employed to decorate woodenware
EN: Craftsman from Pasto, carver of woodenware
EN: Finished wooden pieces
EN: Mopa Mopa resin transformation: stretching a thin sheet or "fabric" of varnish
EN: Varnish master from Pasto stretching a thin sheet or 'fabric' of varnish
EN: Varnish apprentice from Pasto
EN: Family-decorating workshop of Pasto Varnish, where the technique is transmitted by family ties and from generation to generation
EN: Dialogue between practitioners and bearers
