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The tixileiros of Sisterna

Ibias, Narcea, Asturias

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The tixileiros of Sisterna

Curiosity · Ibias, Narcea, Asturias

Image of Ibias, not of the place itself.

Travelling woodworkers who carved bowls, tableware and utensils and sold them at fairs and markets, carrying their lathe on the back of a pack animal. The ethnographic museum of Sisterna covers this trade, which had its centres at El Bao and in the village itself.

Photo: GECA (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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