aguayo

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noun A many-colored wrap or rectangular piece of woolen cloth used by the Indian women of Bolivia for carrying their children on the back. Compare atado.

noun A rectangular piece of patterned cloth, used in traditional South American communities to carry children, goods, etc.

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"I was afraid to use the aguayo, I didn't know how," she says.

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"For young people, going out in the street with an aguayo on your back is looked down on," she says.

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After the movie, Condori explains that while she's not willing to give up the stroller, she's believes she can carry her baby in an aguayo and also be modern.

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She believes shunning the aguayo would be like ignoring the family's indigenous roots.

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In the film, almost every woman is carrying an aguayo.

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When Lourdes Condori, 25, found out she was pregnant with her son Kevin, she decided she didn't want to carry him in an aguayo - the colorful Andean weaving indigenous Bolivians use to carry everything from groceries and clothing, to babies.

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According to Patricia, the finished aguayo will become a part of family life.

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"Inside the aguayo, you carry coca leaves, food, something to drink," Patricia says.

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"Even now, a lot of people prefer to put their baby in a stroller, because it's better received than an aguayo."

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A young child wrapped in an aguayo, a traditional sling, on mother's back in La Paz, Bolivia.

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