{"id":119412,"date":"2020-12-23T11:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T14:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraterinternacional.org\/?p=119412"},"modified":"2021-01-04T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:29:22","slug":"warao-refugee-artisans-receive-the-7th-brazilian-object-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fraterinternacional.org\/en\/warao-refugee-artisans-receive-the-7th-brazilian-object-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Warao Refugee Artisans receive the 7th Brazilian Object Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirteen indigenous Venezuelan refugee Warao, members of the artisan group\u00a0NONA ANONAMO<\/a>, who live in the Pintol\u00e2ndia Shelter, in Boa Vista, Roraima, received the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0Brazilian Object Award, in the category of Collective Production. It was the creation of the piece \u201cTinaja Warao,\u201d a vase woven out of Buriti fiber, that brought them this recognition.<\/p>\n

\"Artes\u00e3s<\/a><\/p>\n

Done every two years by the Museum of THE HOME of the Brazilian Object, this award helps to reinforce handicraft production as a cultural heritage, and contributes to a national and international presence of the work of contemporary designers and artisans from Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sang and danced the music of our people to celebrate our victory. It was a moment of great joy when we found out we had won that important award,\u201d the Warao artisan, Karlina Gonzalez, 31 years old, said to us with tears in her eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, the group was a little unsure, because it knew that there would be many beautiful and innovative objects entered. But they have an incredible potential for creating and making beautiful pieces using the Buriti fiber, and receiving the award proved that potential,\u201d explains Sister Maria de Lourdes, coordinator of the Handicraft Sector in the shelters under the management of the\u00a0Fraternity \u2013 International Humanitarian Federation (FFHI)<\/a>, implementing partner of the\u00a0UNHCR<\/u>, the agency of the UN for Refugees.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Get to Work!<\/b><\/h3>\n

A great group work began, with a timeline set in place to establish the necessary deadlines and actions up until the day of the entry. The group chose the artisans and defined the object that would be made, sorted out the best\u00a0Buriti<\/a>\u00a0fiber, dyed it with a plant called Chinchamochina (Bloodthirsty), together with wood ash, and set to weaving!<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing through that process from the registration up to the result of the competition was very special. When they get together to work, they manage to create truly lovely things. Something very strong is activated in them, a presence, a power, that I believe to be something characteristic of the indigenous woman,\u201d Sister Maria de Lourdes points out.<\/p>\n\n\t\t