The richness and diversity of Ecuadorian crafts will only fit with the rest of what is so special about Ecuador. In a country where there is more diversity in all directions per square meter than anywhere else in the world, is amazing. Many who visit are not here long before I heard on the Saturday morning market in Otavalo. It ‘probably a few photos of friends, they have in there, or sites that have some of the attractions of the show colors as seen on the market today. Otavalo has always been known for its hand-woven shawls, ponchos, sweaters and many other textile products. Of course, in recent years, demand has grown more than the maximum effort to meet this need. There is so much paint on the market that Saturday is almost over the rainbow.
Of course, no article would be complete dress, especially the embroidered blouses and dresses, without the necessary accounts and ornaments. These are in abundance and new designs are original and surprising. Calderon has been known for decades for the production of jewelry in bread dough. Some of the best known, the Christmas decorations, trees that have created the world at Christmas. There are all kinds of items, including cribs, clowns and parrots, and Indian figures, the different cultural styles in their traditional clothes. San Antonio de Ibarra, a variety of hand-carved wooden figures. The favorite of many is an old beggar, barefoot insured, with its range of products on your back with a rope on his back, a hat and coat, accompanied by his wooden stick. Many variations and sizes to suit all browsers, and a wide selection of dishes that seem to pieces, cribs, a palm leaf trays and many others.
Cuenca ceramics, handmade jewelry, the famous, long, full, hand-embroidered coats and colonial architecture known. The models are for the courts, of course, in many places large exhibition of exquisite arts and crafts. But there are many ceramic elements to amaze your senses with its beauty and originality of the basin. Montecristi is home to the famous straw hats from Panama, many think that comes from Panama. This is another of the secrets of the trade. The hats were sold in Panama since 1800, but probably shot to fame when then U.S. President, Teddy Roosevelt, in a photo sitting on a huge machine ditch during a visit to the Canal Zone in 1906. Of course it is not bad, it burned a large amount of ships that had carried the Panama Canal and the heat, which is to the merciless sun, the only relief a straw hat of Panama! Cuenca is also known for straw hats!
Cotacachi is known for its leather goods, in particular, coats and jackets notes. In recent years, there is little choice of models to choose from were. Today the Internet has changed everything, and Cotacachi leather industry is booming. Now you can see what is in fashion, and create designs and styles in search of quality leather goods from suit in Ecuador. Tagua Nut Ivory or, as is known, is a mother of a certain type of palm. It was the mid-1800 is used in Germany for the buttons and the main export markets in Italy is to satisfy your fashion market. Ecuador is the only exporter of tagua. There are more arts and crafts of Ecuador who fall in love, but you have to visit to see for yourself. All descriptions and images of the world is not the same hold in your hand, feel the softness of the statues sculpted by hand or softness of the color orange.