arpillera

arpillera
feminine noun
1sacking , hessian (British), burlap (United States)

arpillera [ar-peel-lyay’-rah]
noun
1Sackcloth, coarse linen made of tow, packcloth. (f)

arpillera
sustantivo:femenino
sacking; sackcloth
Arpillera is the term used for the colourful pictures made in many parts of Latin America by appliquéing scraps of fabric onto a hessian backing. During the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile they became politically significant since working-class women used them to depict the reality of life under military rule. As these arpilleras escaped the scrutiny of the male-dominated regime, they provided women with a means of recording events as well as obtaining income from abroad.
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