Sombrero Aguadeño - Straw Hat: Typical from the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis , icon and paisa coffe-growers proud.
The typical arriero outfit is composed of:
- Straw Hat (sombrero aguadeño)
- Alpargatas: Sandals, made of fique (natural fiber obtained of furcraea plants) and leather.
- Poncho: Rectangular piece of fabric, usually white with linear embroided, that is used to protect the face and neck from the cold weather.
- Ruana: Square wool garment, larger than the poncho, with a hole in the middle for the head. It covers the torso.
- Tapapinche: Leather apron.
- Machete
- Carriel: Leather bag traditionally made of nutria leather (which is forbidden nowadays, since the nutria is a protected specie). It is used to carry personal goods and money. It has become an element of the colombian fashion.
Arriero:The spanish word arriero is derived from the verb arrear that means to urge on, or to stimule the cattle or other animals to walk. The verb itself is derived of 'arre', which is the call used to cry to the animals with this puprose.
An arriero is a person who works transporting merchandises, such as coffee, maize, cork or wheat) with the help of pack animals. At south america, arriero is the denomination of the people who, in the absence of good roads that could permit the use of wheeled vehicles, transported all sort of items through the paisa region (Antioquia and the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis) with their mules during the XVIII century to the present time.
Juan Valdez, the representative character of the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, is the typical depiction of an arriero carrying coffee sacks with this mule.
Paisa Region: Paisa (pl. Paisas ) A person from the “Paisa region” in Colombia, South America. Located in the north west of the country. The region is formed by the Colombian departamentos or "states" of Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío. The main cities are Medellín, Pereira, Manizales, Armenia, Envigado, Rionegro and Caucasia.
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