Dreamcatchers are a type of talisman that are thought to ward off bad energy while retaining the good. Jorge Musuña, who makes them for a living in Otavalo, Ecuador, talks to us about their many sizes and varieties and their process of creation.
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Caption 58 [es]: que a veces, eh... nos transmite [sic] la mala energía. Caption 58 [en]: who sometimes, um... transmit bad energy to us.
Manuel Quispe, owner of the indigenous clothing shop, Colors, in Saraguro, Ecuador, explains to us about some of the items they sell, particularly their handcrafted traditional necklaces.
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Caption 61 [es]: es mala calidad; poco [sic] utilizamos. Caption 61 [en]: it's poor quality; we don't use [it] much.