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Escuela Alma de Paja Toquilla
Soul of Straw School

Weaving school pages: 2024 – 2022 | 2021 – 2018 | 2017 – 2009

2015

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Class of 2015 students

Katiusca won Best Young Weaver award

2014

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2013

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Class of 2013 students

Hiking to cut plants to make straw

2012

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Class of 2012

Patricia slits straw, helps students 3:06

Close shot of student weaving :48

2011 Our First Year

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Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting

Ingrid, our best weaver                     Begin perfectly, or begin again        

Class of 2011

If you want to turn straw into gold, you must use exceptional straw

We are becoming the best weavers in the world

2009 The weaving school before the weaving school.

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We learned a lot from our first weaving school. The kids liked to learn.
The parents were happy we were helping to teach the kids to continue the heritage of their village.

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