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Post #744538 by tikiskip on Tue, Jun 9, 2015 5:27 PM

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Good point Ben Tapa was used in rituals as well as other uses.
Here is a YouTube video of Tapa.

Remember they had to grow and tend to the mulberry trees.
Then harvest the bark used in making the cloth as well as make the inks and dyes.
Many steps in making this cloth.
These steps can be found on YouTube.

And Wendy even used a tapa like pattern on some of her mugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Cap1ypBMg&list=PLJM1HAV0dGD0UFmjZm-p97UW6vzik-Kgn&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rDLNEDrpWw&list=PLJM1HAV0dGD0UFmjZm-p97UW6vzik-Kgn&index=2

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2015-06-09 17:28 ]