Ecuador - Montecristi Hats

2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Three girls learn the craft of weaving a straw hat on the 'Paja Toquilla' school that was created by an American that sells the hats in the U.S. The school teaches children from Pile and neighbouring villages on how to produce an ultra-thin Montecristi hat, and it was created to maintain the tradition, since most of the youngsters prefer to look for other employment opportunities on the cities of Manabí province.

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2015/03/12 - Pile, Ecuador: Three girls learn the craft of weaving a straw hat on the 'Paja Toquilla' school that was created by an American that sells the hats in the U.S. The school teaches children from Pile and neighbouring villages on how to produce an ultra-thin Montecristi hat, and it was created to maintain the tradition, since most of the youngsters prefer to look for other employment opportunities on the cities of Manabí province.