Handicrafts of Ecuador are famous for its variety and exotic style. Like the popularity of Ecuadorian Culture, the Handicrafts from Ecuador are also equally popular. Craftsmen and craftswomen are creative enough to design new things using the old techniques and tools. Their work suits the taste of tradition as well as modernization. They have kept the heritage of the Handicrafts.
Ecuadorians have a taste of headgears in their culture. When they realized that the rate of importation increased, they started to make the headgears themselves. Thus the Panama Hats became famous amongst the Ecuadorian Handicrafts. The Hats are produced from woven of bleached strips of fiber from iraca plant leaves, which is locally called toquilla straw. The Handicrafts also include buttons made from inner layers of the coconut of the ivory palm, which are called tagua. These fashionable yet hardly buttons are used for exports as well.
Ecuadorian Handicrafts is a very important part of Ecuadorian Culture. The making of paintings, baskets, ceramic, leather products, antiques, wood cravings come from their culture. Using age old techniques and natural materials like wood, bejucos, fibers, clay and different kinds of seeds obtained from Amazon forests directly, the Handicrafts of Ecuador are made. Artists also produce decorative items, useful articles like purses, key rings and a lot more for home as well as office. The jewelries like necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings etc made by them are attractive enough to draw the attention of the tourists.
Handicrafts in Ecuador is a major source of income as they are known all over the world. The world wide demand of the Ecuador Handicrafts help the export rate of the items go higher and higher. The beautiful design and exclusiveness of Ecuador Handicrafts is what make them special and attractive as well as popular.
