about Waïa
The Colombian mochilas are the product of a combination of working people, ancient traditions and great talents.
The Tejedoras (knitter women) from La Guajira-Colombia have passed from generation to generation the unique heritage of making Mochilas. In their adolescence, the wayúu girls go through a reflection process to show themselves they are ready to become a woman. This meditation phase is also understood and accepted by the community. After this event, they start learning to knit for the first time. This enables the tradition to stay alive! It also represents a big part of families income in the region.
Unique bag? Yes! Every bag has a different signature, you will notice that on the bottom of the mochila the designs are always different. Each knitter woman is free to do the representation she feels like doing at that moment.
Through these designs, stories are told and feelings are imprinted.
“Unique bags”
OUR PRODUCTS
MOCHILAS
Mochilas are not “just a bag”. Once you have a mochila, you have with you a piece of The Wayúu culture, a story told by one Tejedora through her manual work, her technique and the signature she choses to give to your unique bag.
A piece of art!
GLASSES' STRAPS
Ethnic straps for your glasses to use them at home, at work, outside… wherever you want!
Go for Cork if you want an elegant style
Go for Ethnic Designs if you’re looking for something colorful and fun!
DISCOVER THE CULTURE
Have a look to this artwork, get inspired with the combination of colors, the designs and let yourself dive into the Wayúu world.
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Did you know that...
The Wayúu are the largest indigenous ethnicity in Colombia?
Shapes and forms the Wayúu use on their Mochilas and paint on themselves have particular meanings. Caste, hierarchy are some of the interpretations of these designs, the amount of kids and beloved ones are also part of the story telling from these designs.
Wayuunaiki is a language spoken by 305,000 indigenous Wayúu people in northeastern Colombia in the Guajira Peninsula and northwestern Venezuela?
The Wayúu believe that the life cycle does not end with death, but that a relationship with one’s bones continues.
Women play important roles in the society, but it is not quite a matriarchal one. The Wayúu want their women to be wise and mature.
After riding through the Guajira desert, surrounded by the sea, you will get to Punta Gallinas, the northest point of South America?