Gente de fibra

In Casimiro you can visit the craft factory of bananas. called ¨Gente de Fibra¨,30 - 40 womans are working here. It´s a social project from the city to help poor persons, The craft is made from recycled fibers from banana stem.The factory has a little shop, where you can buy all this wonderful objects. Nature product - banana - What one can make from bananas for all, the small manufacturing plant for handicraft of banana fiber shows us. If a banana tree carried fruits, so she/it is chopped off and a new tree is created. This normally no more use tree we now here in the Casa there Arte - to different handicrafts verarbeitt. The banana tree consists of 3 different fibers, each fiber is different and is therefore used also for different performances. The somewhat more rugged not very flexible is processed to mats, while one the other softer fibers bags for table sets, lamps, bottles etc. uses kann.Die fibers is apportioned in threads, dried and then gewebt.Der middle trunk of the banana is shreded, 12 hours cooked, in the mixer centrifuges and dries on strainers, so the paper is created, with addition of different colors, one can vases with it, table lamps decorate. 30 - 40 women work to have at this social project about a regular income. In a small store, Besucher can buy the products