Lliklla

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A Quechua woman of Peru wearing a lliklla around her shoulders

A lliklla (Quechua,[1] hispanicized spellings liclla, llicla, lliclla) is a rectangular, handwoven shoulder cloth. It is worn by Quechua women of the Andes region in Bolivia and Peru. Traditionally it is fastened at the front using a decorated pin called tupu.[2]

A q'ipirina is similar to a lliklla but larger, worn over the back to carry small children or all sorts of products and knotted at the front.

Gallery

  • Quechua woman near Cochabamba, Bolivia, wearing a lliklla

  • Women in the Bolivian Altiplano wearing llikllas

References

  1. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005
  2. ↑ myperu.org A Guide to the Culture and Traditions of the Andean Communities of Peru, Traditional Quechua Clothing
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