HAMMOCKS FROM SAN JACINTO, BOLIVAR DEPARMENT

San Jacinto is a municipality of Bolivar Department in Northern Colombia.

The municipality of San Jacinto has made ​​its name as a craft centre where people specialize in knitting.

It is known as the “first craft center on the Atlantic Coast,” above all, women and girls specialize in weaving colourful hammocks, handbags and pillows, amongst other products on a vertical loom.

Girls inherit the craft at the age of 12, as a result, some of them follow the path of their artisan mother and grandmother.

Weaving is a way of life for them, and is a symbol of cultural wealth and tradition.

Your investment in a hammock from San Jancinto provides economic stability and sustains the way of life that has been present for generations, in addition you will relax, love, and cherish your authentic handwoven hammock from San Jacinto.