Handcrafted in Guatemala, these Palm Leaf Straw Hats are durable and offer full sun-protection for your everyday activities. Modeled after our best-selling Spanish Alpaca Wool Hat, the unisex Straw Spanish Hat is a traditional “Bolero Style” hat with a removable textile intention band.
By wearing the Inlak’ech intention band, you are calling in “unity” and “respect for all beings” into your life. Inlak’ech, which in Mayan means “You are my other me”, represents the concept of the universe as a great unity where everything is related. In Mayan culture, we do not exist as separate entities, we exist from our belonging and relationship with the community and with everything that surrounds us. Not just individuals, but plants, animals, the winds, and the spirits are united and nothing exists without the relationship to the other. That is why any action of one affects the other. Just as the night does not exist without the day, everything is connected and we have to hold a deep respect for how we are all part of a whole. Each color woven into this intention band represents the diversity of all living things that are different, yet are all woven together.
• 100% Guatemalan Palm Leaf
• 9cm x 10cm brim length
• Handmade in Guatemala
- 2 lb
- 12″x11″x5″
- All of our hats are made by female indigenous artisans using natural dyes and ancient weaving techniques. What is really special about our hats are the variety of hand woven textile bands each with their own woven intention in the Quechua language from Peru or the Mayan language from Guatemala. By purchasing an Andeana Hat
- you are helping to preserve vanishing Indigenous crafts.
- A lint roller or soft brush (shoe or clothing brush) will clean off most particles, dust and hair. Remove stains or spots by dabbing with a damp cloth and gentle baby detergent. Rub gently and lay flat to dry.
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