Following the Thread

In the Peruvian Andes textiles are omnipresent in the lives of indigenous people they are both eminently practical and stunningly beautiful as generations of weavers have applied their creativity to invent techniques and designs found nowhere else in the world Textiles still form a powerful part of identity But this identity is at risk Indigenous people still face racism on a daily basis And a globalized market economy that produces cheap machinemade products destroys respect and interest in the handmade Infringement on the intellectual rights of native peoples only makes this worseThe Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco CTTC was established by Andean weavers and their supporters to aid in the survival of Cusqueñan textile traditions and to provide support to the indigenous people who create them