Bogotá Wayuu Backpack Workshop

At our Wayuu Backpack Workshop in Bogotá, participants will learn about this traditional product's significance in Colombian culture while designing their own bags to take home.

Bogotá Wayuu Backpack Workshop

The meeting point is at 2 pm at The Cranky Croc Hostel, from where we will walk to the historic centre of Bogotá. During the walk, there will be a stop at a café for a traditional drink, and discussions will center around indigenous communities from North Colombia, as well as the symbolic meaning of the Wayuu backpack in the culture.

Next, we will visit the workshop of a Wayuu craftswoman from La Guahira. She will demonstrate the weaving techniques and patterns utilized to create backpacks using a crochet method introduced to Colombia by Spanish conquistadors. This product supports many indigenous families in their commercial endeavors.

Participants will have the opportunity to design their own miniature backpacks with the craftswoman's assistance, following the Colombian tradition linked to the legend of Wale' Kerü, the weaver spider.

At the conclusion of the workshop, around 5 pm, each participant will receive a souvenir backpack and keychain adorned with Wayuu weaving patterns before bidding farewell in the backpack tent.