Carapeguá
Encaje ju needle lace
A fine mesh filled in by needle with stars, flowers and jaguar paw prints.
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Carapeguá
On the PY01, Carapeguá is the place to stop for poyvi textiles ('thread' in Guaraní): cotton blankets, quilts, bedspreads, hammocks and ponchos made on family looms and sold at shops along the highway. The town has the Artisan History Museum at the Oñondivepá Cultural Center, and around it rise Cerro Bogarín, a municipal wildlife area with trails, and the road to the Acahay massif. From the Caapucumí community, a canoe trip through the Ypoá wetlands leads to Mosito Island.
80 km from Asunción · ≈ 1 h 15
Crafts
Carapeguá
Poyvi loom-woven textiles
Cotton blankets, bedspreads, ponchos and hammocks woven on the loom and hung out in the sun along the highway.