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  • Juana Gutierrez Contreras spinning churro sheep wool in her natural dyes studio in the Zapotec village of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico on 25 November 2018. The handspun yarn comes from the nearby mountain village of Chichicapa
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  • Juana Gutierrez Contreras spinning churro sheep wool in her natural dyes studio in the Zapotec village of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico on 25 November 2018. The handspun yarn comes from the nearby mountain village of Chichicapa
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  • Bolivia,  June 2013. Choritotoro, village on the altiplano. Angel spinning wool , unusual for a man, and Maria with her sheep.
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  • An elderly woman wearing traditional footwear (opinci) spins wool by hand outside her home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • Cristina Velasco spinning wool in the Zapotec village of Chichicapam in Oaxaca, Mexico on 30 November 2018. The village of Chichicapam is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains and is an important centre for wool processing. The wool from Churro sheep, first introduced to Mexico by the Spanish, is hand spun using a drop-spindle
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  • Sheep farmer, Namgay Zam spins wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Chubja, Bhutan. With the easy availability of commercially processed wool and other alternatives for fabric for weaving, and the lack of human resources to look after the sheep, farming of sheep has gradually been in decline in Bhutan.
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  • A Nepalese women sit spinning wool to create yarn for R.C Rug Factory in Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal. The R.C Rug Factory export to Europe, U.S and Canada; and rely on the Good Weave certificate of approval to boast excellent quality and fair conditions for its workers. This is because the carpet factory industry in Nepal is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • Sheep farmers Bago and Namgay Zam spin and card sheep wool, Chubja, Bhutan. With the easy availability of commercially processed wool and other alternatives for fabric for weaving, and the lack of human resources to look after the sheep, farming of sheep has gradually been in decline in Bhutan.
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  • A Brokpa woman spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs. Their distinctive hat known as tsipee cham is made of yak felt with long twisted tufts, said to keep the rain from running onto their faces.
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  • A Brokpa woman spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs. Their distinctive hat known as tsipee cham is made of yak felt with long twisted tufts, said to keep the rain from running onto their faces.
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  • A Brokpa woman spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • An elderly Romanian peasant holds a spindle of wool spun from her own sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • A Layap woman from Laya spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • A young Layap woman from Laya spins sheep wool using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Traditionally, their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool although the younger women often wear the kira, the Bhutanese national dress. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • Weaving wool in a small family run cooperative, Hue city, Vietnam
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  • Nepalese female worker of the R.C Rug Factory in the Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  She is using a spinning device to wrap the wool up into balls. The R.C Rug Factory export to Europe, U.S and Canada; and rely on the Good Weave certificate of approval to boast excellent quality and fair conditions for its workers. This is because the carpet factory industry in Nepal is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • Nepalese female worker of the R.C Rug Factory in the Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal.  She is using a spinning device to wrap the wool up into balls. The R.C Rug Factory export to Europe, U.S and Canada; and rely on the Good Weave certificate of approval to boast excellent quality and fair conditions for its workers. This is because the carpet factory industry in Nepal is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • A Layap woman from Laya holds a ball of sheep wool which was spun using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • A Nepalese woman works unraveling yarn at the R.C Rug Factory in the Narayanthan area of Kathmandu, Nepal, in preparation for the wool yarn to be dyed. The factory participates with the Nepal GoodWeave Foundation, who aim to eradicate child labour from the carpet factories of Nepal, as the industry is notorious for providing poor working conditions and forcing young children into labour.
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  • An Ethiopian family in the Northern Highlands, Ethiopia.
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