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A. Ospina and A. López
Fig. 11 Cortizio skirt and
jacket in ivory by designer
Alvaro Leyton, made in
ancestral fabric by Doris
Jajoy (Image sent by the
designer Alvaro Leyton)
It is used horizontally, wrapped around the woman’s belly and its manufacture is
done vertically; it is also the place of coexistence of men, the representation of the
four cardinal points that make up the world. The chumbe is also used to carry the
baby on his mother’s back, creating a maternal bond that unifies and solidifies family
relationships and the mother-child-earth connection.
15
The art of weaving these belts is called chumbar and means wrapping, hugging
and is performed by the hands of women who narrate symbolic stories conferred by
the gods throughout the universe and nature, loaded with knowledge, prosperity, and
abundance. “Chumbar is like knitting for the Ingas, inscribing a memory that resists
silence.”
16 Through the chumbar they safeguard their legacy and traditional culture
by weaving the past, present, and future alive in the collective memory.
15 Accessed 1 July 2019 https://coleccionetnograficaicanh.wordpress.com/el-chumbe/.
16 Accessed 1 July 2019 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/cultura/benjamin-jacanamijoyhijo-del-viento-articulo-713541.
A. Ospina and A. López
Fig. 11 Cortizio skirt and
jacket in ivory by designer
Alvaro Leyton, made in
ancestral fabric by Doris
Jajoy (Image sent by the
designer Alvaro Leyton)
It is used horizontally, wrapped around the woman’s belly and its manufacture is
done vertically; it is also the place of coexistence of men, the representation of the
four cardinal points that make up the world. The chumbe is also used to carry the
baby on his mother’s back, creating a maternal bond that unifies and solidifies family
relationships and the mother-child-earth connection.
15
The art of weaving these belts is called chumbar and means wrapping, hugging
and is performed by the hands of women who narrate symbolic stories conferred by
the gods throughout the universe and nature, loaded with knowledge, prosperity, and
abundance. “Chumbar is like knitting for the Ingas, inscribing a memory that resists
silence.”
16 Through the chumbar they safeguard their legacy and traditional culture
by weaving the past, present, and future alive in the collective memory.
15 Accessed 1 July 2019 https://coleccionetnograficaicanh.wordpress.com/el-chumbe/.
16 Accessed 1 July 2019 https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/cultura/benjamin-jacanamijoyhijo-del-viento-articulo-713541.