Nanduti Lace

Ñanduti, a Paraguayan Lace, 1986, Dir. Albert J. Casciero & Annick Sanjurjo, 19 min., (English and Spanish tracks)

This film introduces the origins of ñanduti and recalls one of its many legends. As the camera follows a peasant woman on her daily chores, the symbolic and representatives patterns of ñanduti are juxtaposed to natural or man-made objects. The film also documents the process in the making of ñanduti. A lace maker is observed as she laces a mantelpiece from beginning to end. The film closes with selected samples of this beautiful, but rapidly disappearing art.

(This is a DVD version mastered in 2007)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• nanduti
• lace
• paraguay
• casciero
• sanjurjo
• folk
• art
• paraguayan
• native
• arts

[pekanpie09]

The Sapnish People never brought Nanduti into Paraguay . A Guarani ledgend states that a Guarani Indian was in love with an Indian and a spaniard stole his love and He made the beautiful design in her honour. The Video is wrong.

[yumayi]

I would like to read the nanduti or White Spider legend I still remember and is beautiful I was like 8 years old when I read this in Cuba, I remember when I saw the little comic and I told my grandmother to buy me the little book, is a fascinating legend when this little white spider created this beautiful lace from the moon rays!!!!