Peruvians from the Huinchiri community in Cusco region are rebuilding a 500-year-old Incan hanging bridge, made using traditional weaving techniques to literally string a crossing together spanning ...

Artisans move a large rope cable into place. Photo courtesy of Área de Expresiones Tradicionales y Costumbristas, Sub Dirección de Interculturalidad, Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura del Cusco ...

I’m gazing out the window as our van rumbles along winding dirt roads, climbing higher and higher into the Andes, past rock-strewn ancient Inca ruins, splashing waterfalls and roaring rivers. Hanging ...

Peruvians rebuilt an ancient Inca bridge by weaving a new one. The 500-year-old bridge was rebuilt using traditional weaving techniques. It's used to connect communities divided by a major river in ...

In museums, we learned about the pre-Inca and Inca weaving, pottery, metalwork and architecture. Collectively, we experienced Peru as a beautiful, historic country of proud, strong, hardworking, ...

One of the great technological breakthroughs in human civilization was textile manufacturing, which allowed people to weave and dye their own clothes from plants. Weaving was also fundamental for ...