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“The Staining with Plant Resources Is a Living Culture, Which Is Transmitted,” Says Virginia Furque, Researcher on the Ethnobotany of the Textile Art of Catamarca

Summary by Bichos De Campo
The textile craftsmen of Catamarca are true guardians of a very own knowledge: the use of tintural plants. That knowledge that intertwines nature and culture, linked to both vegetables and animals, is part of what we call biocultural heritage. It is not only technical, it is identity. And it is these resources that, yesterday and today, continue to choose the Catalan artisans to give added value to their creations. “The staining with plant resou…
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The textile craftsmen of Catamarca are true guardians of a very own knowledge: the use of tintural plants. That knowledge that intertwines nature and culture, linked to both vegetables and animals, is part of what we call biocultural heritage. It is not only technical, it is identity. And it is these resources that, yesterday and today, continue to choose the Catalan artisans to give added value to their creations. “The staining with plant resou…

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Bichos de Campo broke the news in on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
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