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Amazon: Shipibo Visual Music

PERU | Sunday, 13 May 2012 | Views [6480]

Shipibo handicraft design consists of patterns tied to their cosmological worldview. The geometric patterns are not just design but also musical notation, Shipibos can create visual pattern from sound and sound from visual pattern--thus, the myth goes, the world was sung into being... Anyone traveling in the Amazon area of Peru is sure to approached to buy Shipibo handicrafts and textiles. 

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