fique

The area is famous for crafts made from fique, or agave sisal.

Plants of this genus are the origin of fique or cabuyo, a natural fiber.

Alpargatas: Sandals, made of fique (natural fiber obtained of furcraea plants and leather.

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The culture of the Arhuacos is specially rich in sawing wool and fique, drawings on stones, pottery, work on wood, and other handicrafts.

The song has a version in Portuguese too, called "Fique Em Silêncio" (Get In Silence) and was a single on Brazil.

Llaga Macana or Rayadilla: a viral disease that attacks all varieties of fique and all the parts of the plant, specially in crops over 1900 m altitude.

Cumare, agave, yare reed and fique, a hand-hewn, biodegradable fiber from the Andes, are woven by Bogotá artisans with tin, glass, aluminum and nonharmful copper.

Common names: Fique, Cabuya, Pita, Penca, Maguey, Cabui, Chuchao or Coquiza.

Arriería accessories: many of the elements used in the pack animals such as enjalmas, cinchas, retrancas, lazos, pretales, tapa de enjalma, and cinchos are handmade with fique.

The fique can be obtained from several species of Furcraea, such as F. macrophylla Baker, cabuya Trel, andina Trel, and castilla.

Geralmente ele prefere que tudo seja muito colorido, para que o cenário fique mais parecido com um conto de fadas.

The main products are panela, liquor from maize and sugar cane, fique, production of medicinal plants, local fruits and vegetables, Cacao and coffee which is commercialize in Valledupar.

In the 18th century, in Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, the priest Feliciano Villalobos started the first rope and wrapping materials manufacturing industry; his products were made of fique.

The primary agricultural products of Colombia are coffee (fourth-largest producer of coffee in the world), cut flowers, bananas, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables, fique, panela, forest products; and shrimp.

In December 2006 the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 2009 to be the International Year of Natural Fibres, so as to raise the profile of fique and other natural fibres.

Today, fique is considered the Colombian national fibre and is used in the fabrication of ethnic products, Colombian handicrafts and recently (since July 2007) has been used for the heath protectors (handmade in Barichara) placed around the Colombian coffee cups sold in the Juan Valdez coffee shops worldwide.