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Subject: [Leica] Quito and Panama Hats
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:24:02 +0530
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Duane,
Thanks for looking.

I was thinking of buying a Panama Hat, but had no clue on how to
differentiate a good one from an average one, and shelved the plan. I
figured this was an ideal item for a self respecting shopkeeper to rob a
tourist blind... :-)

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 12:27 PM Duane Birkey <dbirkey at reachbeyond.org>
wrote:

> Enjoyed seeing a few of Jayanand's pics from Quito shot down around the La
> Ronda area...  (I lived in Quito for some 15 years....)
>
>
>
> I also did a shoot in 2005 or 2006 at one of the better manufacturers of
> "Panama" hats in Ecuador - the Homero Ortega factory in Cuenca...   for
> more info go to  https://homeroortega.com/?lang=en
>
> "Panama" hats originated in and were always made in Ecuador, but so many
> were exported and sold to people passing through Panama, well...  they were
> known simply as Panama Hats.   Most all of the indigenous groups in Ecuador
> have a distinctive, typical hat that they wear... (due to the intense
> sunlight)   and some of the indigenous women from groups around Cuenca
> continue to wear a narrower brimmed version of the Panama hat.   Most upper
> class men of Ecuador have at least one "super fino" -  a very tightly woven
> Panama hat that they wear outdoors, when going for a drive on weekends, at
> the park, and in the past....   Especially at bullfights...
>
>
>
> Viva Quito!
>
>
>
> Duane Birkey
>
>
>
>
>
> ****************************************
>
> Douglas Barry wrote:
>
>
>
> Seems to be an impressive city, Jayanand. My eldest stayed there back in
>
> 2005 when he was wandering around South America for a year or so. He
>
> brought me back a hat which said somewhat conflictingly "Genuine Panama
>
> - Hand made in Ecuador". I still have it and wear it in its now very
>
> battered state when I'm labouring in the garden.
>
>
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