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TRADITIONAL MAPUCHE CLOTHING<\/h2><\/div>
Non-fiction texts give true information about a topic.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2″][vc_column_text]One of the aspects of the mapuche culture that synthesises and reflects\u00a0 their world view and their connection to nature is the way they wear clothes, accessories and jewels. These have special symbols, materials or ways to wear them depending on the place people live in or the family they belong to.\u00a0 Gender also plays an important role to giving meaning to clothing and jewellery. While men\u2019s traditional clothes look simple and include few pieces of clothing, such as, a poncho and a txarilogko, women\u2019s clothes have more elements, which include jewellery as a way of expressing special meanings. However, women do not wear jewels all the time, but they have to wear them when there is a logko<\/em> or a machi<\/em> around. Surprisingly enough, jewellery is not allowed during their ceremonies.<\/p>\n

A txapelakucha<\/strong> is a silver ornament worn by mapuche women. It is a breastplate with the shape of two birds on top. They represent the duality and union of men and women who are in charge of preserving the mapuche traditions through the generations.\u00a0 The links in the chains that hang from the upper part of it represent the origin of nature and steps of life on Earth. Each family may have a different design, or it may vary according to the place where they live.\u00a0 The way it is hung reflects the marital status of a woman.<\/p>\n

A txarilogko<\/strong> is a silver headband worn by women, most of which has silver coins hanging from it.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0This custom of using coins to make it comes from the time when Spaniards paid mapuche people with coins and, as they didn\u2019t use money, women used them as ornamental objects.\u00a0 Its name comes from txari<\/em> (=\u201dto tie\u201d) and logko<\/em> (=head).\u00a0 It represents good reasoning and wisdom. Some of these headbands have little pearls called llef-llef<\/em>.\u00a0 Men also wear a txarilogko<\/em>, which was originally made of leather or wood fibres.\u00a0 Today, it is made of wool dyed with different colours.<\/p>\n

Chamal<\/strong> is the general word to refer to a large, woven square-shaped piece of cloth worn by mapuche people over their shoulders or head. Women wear a black chamal<\/em> whose name is k\u00fcpam<\/em> which covers them to the ankles.\u00a0 Children also wear a chamal, <\/em>but in contrast to adults, it has not been dyed.<\/p>\n

A txariwe<\/strong> is a waistband worn by fertile adult women.\u00a0 It works as a belt holding the k\u00fcpam<\/em>. They have different meanings according to their colours and decorations.<\/p>\n

A Maku\u00f1<\/strong> is a poncho worn just by men.\u00a0 It is made of wool usually in three main colours: black, brown and grey. \u00a0Their design indicates the place and lof where men come from.\u00a0 Logkos wear a poncho with symbols which are special for them and which have a meaning for their community.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2″][vc_column_text css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1763406667076{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}\u00bb]<\/p>\n

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