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Music at the Cuco

Crafts and workshops

We recover and pass on crafts, artisan techniques and traditional knowledge.

Esparto

From hillside to hand: the fibre is gathered, boiled, dried and pounded before weaving. It was used for plaits, ropes, panniers, soles and Manchego cheese moulds.

Learning by doing

Workshops are open to all ages. Those who know teach; those who are starting, ask.

Workshops

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    Esparto workshop

    An introduction to esparto weaving: from the plait to the first piece.

Words of the craft

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    Esparto

    Fibre from the Stipa tenacissima grass, worked for millennia into ropes, baskets, soles and plaits.

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    Pleita

    Braided strip of esparto used as the base for baskets, panniers and the traditional moulds of Manchego cheese.

Become a member

Being part of Tierra y Tradición means sustaining rural culture with your time, your hands or your membership fee.

  1. Join the work days rebuilding the cuco.
  2. Learn and teach crafts at our workshops.
  3. Help us organise Música en el Cuco.
  4. Get the programme before anyone else.

We are preparing the sign-up form. In the meantime, write to us and we will tell you how to join.

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