wayuu bags

The Wayuu people are an indigenous people who live in the Guajira Peninsula, which is the northernmost part of Colombia and borders Venezuela. This matriarchal community has adapted to the harsh climate of the desert in front of the Caribbean Sea. For the Wayu people, weaving is not only a cultural custom and ancestral heritage, but also a way of conceiving and expressing life according to their own feelings and desires.

According to this story, the spider or Wale'Kerü is the one who teaches women to weave the Wayuu bags. Wale'Kerü is a weaver spider. He has made a belt and a hammock when he wakes up, and he always draws before spring.