This space is dedicated to all our customers who want to share their art with our community. The following text was written by Sara Maruri, and it has been translated automatically. 

Since the first of October the straw hat has been exhibited in the MoMa (Museum of Modern Art in New York) museum. This is erroneously known as Panama Hat. Its true origin is from Ecuador. 

The trade promotion entity Pro Ecuador, in collaboration with the Hong Kong firm Yee Fung Hong, is carrying out an intensive promotion activity this year in Tagua, a subtropical tree nut that has been nicknamed "vegetable ivory" for its whiteness and hardness.

The Montecristi hat mistakenly known as the Panama Hat is woven by Ecuadorian hands. Montecristi is the center where these handmade hats are found. Weavers take between 1 to 6 months to weave a fine hat.

There is an infinity of handmade jewelry, made with various natural materials. These are recognized for their color, size, quality and purity of materials. The ecological ivory or tagua is a durable material for making handmade jewelry.

In Ecuador, the workshop schools are an alternative craft training and working, oriented to men and women over 15 years, generally of scarce resources

For more than a century, Montecristi Hats or Panama Hats have captivated important personalities and tourists around the world with their style and elegance.

The fame and the use of this hat was wrongly and undeservedly extended with the name of “Panama Hat", without recognizing that the “toquilla straw” grows in Ecuador.

The dry forest is considered an area of great biological importance because of the number of species of flora and fauna that this has, including the Palo Santo; this tree has a distinctive, pleasing and intense aroma.

The Integrated Management Plan includes meetings of association with nearby communities. This meeting is made so that the people agree with the Reforestation Plan sustainably.

The Integral Management Plan has to be socialized with the Joa community. This is a populated community. Here live families with limited economic resources. They go to the city to buy their food and personal items.

The Integrated Management Plan is being done in the Cerrito sector in the Jipijapa canton of the province of Manabí. It has gone through several stages; Since the creation of the project, the meeting with the community, the survey in the community and finally get the sustainable use of Palo Santo.