Revitalisation of handicrafts in tasbaPri

Abstract

The handicrafts of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua have traditionally served to respond to their immediate needs. It is currently known as utilitarian handicrafts. For example, faced with the need for transportation on rivers, lagoons and the sea, these ancestors used their individual and collective knowledge and made the dori tara (sailboat) to navigate the sea, and the cayuco (dori) for transportation on rivers. In addition, they used raps (rafts) to transport cargo from one community to another. The rafts were made with round bamboo and guano trees, while the sailboats and cayucos were made with single trunk trees, that is, they selected trees that were the fathers and mothers of the great forests of the region.