Cochinea Red Dye - The Use of Cochineal Beetles as Natural Fabric Dye in Chinchero, Peru.

Natural Fabric Dyes - A skilled Quechua woman demonstrating the use of cochineal beetles and other natural ingredients in dyeing wool. They are skilled weavers using traditional wooden hand looms and craft out beautifully weaved blankets, scarves, shawls, sweaters, beanies and babies' clothes.

[@bayleeg9905]

What a beautiful woman..all of them 🥰 "resistant to 2 thousand kisses" my gosh shes delightful.So willing to share their knowledge,so accommodating,very hospitable."look at this..look at this" and at the end of the video,she even said thank you for visiting.No,thank you for letting us in ❤ Your english is perfect and i love your accent.Incredible 👌

[@leytonalexanderjr.3982]

Her English was fine. Peace to her. Great video.

[@angela14962002]

I was thinking the same thing - her English was pretty good. :)

[@raziarahmat4299]

I live in Karachi Pakistan I like your comments send 4 month ago

[@immillieavissarehman]

This is so interesting. Beautiful, hardworking women 💕 I love seeing traditions like this. So lovely.

[@arrowb3408]

Yes, she is the greatest teacher of the organic dying. Learn quite a lot of the native natural dying from her exuberant knowledge. Thumbs up.

[@stitchlightly5995]

This girl is so funny and clever with her demonstration! lovely video.

[@Drobium77]

what an amazing and interesting presentation of their dyeing and weaving skills. I love the lady's style too, very matter of fact and yet in a non offensive way. Really enjoyed that :-)

[@helenmaclean9697]

This is an outstanding video. If you kept in touch with this lovely please share our gratitude to her for the uncomplicated production of the dye bath. Is that a craft village or farm market where she is working her stall? Peru is a beautiful and friendly country I would recommend visiting.

[@samfox88]

Hello Helen! Glad you enjoyed the video. This lovely Quechua lady and her friends sell their knitwear in an open but sheltered courtyard in front of their houses in Chinchero. Peru is a beautiful country indeed with many interesting sights, people, culture and delicious cuisine.

[@AlphaGeminorum1]

I saw a much less detailed version of this in Peru in the Urubamba valley in a very tiny town there just this last summer. That woman is TRILINGUAL and incredibly skilled. No wonder she's doing this demonstration. Wow. Just incredible.

[@adielbarrera9848]

Resistant to two thousand kisses just loving it

[@PandoraKyss]

If I were to visit this place, I would want to spend most of my time with these women, soaking up their artistry and talent and offering to help harvest or carry the ingredients they use. I'd pay them to let me work with them for some time, just to be around such genuine skill and tradition. Thank you for sharing this with us; I've watched this video so many times and I genuinely hope that Amelia and the weavers and crafters around her are doing well.

[@JonalynH]

Amazing video. I just love the women they are so hard working and the fact they love to share their lives with others I wish nothing but love, peace, and happiness. And a ton of money!!!

[@samfox88]

Jonalyn Howell Very well said indeed! 👍🏼 Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Jawakaithkuna]

Wow, I don't know why? She made me cry.... Peace be on you my sister

[@treehugger2397]

it was her purity and the simplicity of her life and the representation of her ancestral culture. Marvalous she was.

[@vrsce0178]

@A E You're weird bro. Lmao

[@nellyandon8815]

Amazing video, great share. Her English is great, I understood everything, and she made it sounds so special explaining the processes. Thank you for this valuable lesson.

[@samfox88]

Thank you for the kind comments. Happy to know you enjoyed this educational video.

[@shponglechunch]

this is so lovely i really do wish dyers and cloth workers got more recognition..

[@Grooth]

holy shit that was awesome. I had absolutely no idea the range of colors they can make just by the addition of a single natural ingredient. Makes me wonder how long it took their ancestors to figure it all out.

[@BruhWhy5]

for real!

[@rayochapin]

Thousands of years maybe and that's why I always say that our cultures are way older than the western books tell us, the Maya for example mastered father time, math, literature, science, medicine, etc, etc. It couldn't happened over night, there are archeological sites in South America that makes you wonder how they accomplished all these things.

[@abhishekbadami2555]

What a great lady ! Great work .loved it .

[@lowesonia8551]

Amelia ,your English's is better than a lot of English people. You explained very well the different colour methods ;Ladies you are charming and do fine work. Thankyou for the video

[@samfox88]

LOWE sonia Yes, she does speak English well. Glad to know you liked the video 😊

[@victim.of.l0v3]

I love when she says "look at this". Its sounds like "lookadese" and i really like how she took her time to learn english. I have nothing against the way she speaks i just really love the way she talks😊

[@purplecleo]

What a lovely woman, she has a sweet personality, I'd love to visit this place. This video is awesome!

[@samfox88]

Anonymous Unicorns Thank you for the kind comment. Glad you enjoyed watching this educational video! 😉

[@bameng4673]

Thanks for this. That woman is skilful.

[@ujalaramanayake275]

Your English is good. Nice video. Thank you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lilianaroman3760]

Técnicas ancestrales, conservadas por comunidades andinas, gracias por tan extraordinario video, Amelia es una experta y su explicación del proceso de lavado y teñido de fibras ¡es lo máximo!

[@JessicaJones-me6sp]

The root for detergent was amazing and it doesn't destroy the environment. I loved the video. Thank you.

[@samfox88]

Jessica Jones Glad you enjoyed the video. The Quechuas are really ingenious when it comes to using plants, tree bark and root as natural dyes and washing agent. They help save the world with the use of all natural ingredients in their washing and dyeing processes.

[@amyfrazier3318]

Her English is great! Love the video!

[@samfox88]

Amy Frazier Hello Amy! Yes her English is very good indeed for a non-native English speaking Quechua woman! Glad to know that you enjoyed the video!

[@pauloandreferreira6921]

Great lessons of natural dye from my neighbors - proud of them! Thanks for the video :)

[@duke0001]

Jesus H Christ, the english of this lady pretty good, better than people from Lima. Thumbs up for this lady

[@martinesquivelleon8330]

Impresionante, toda una cultura llena de sabiduría. Esa mujer tan hermosa y que bien habla el ingles.

[@mugensamurai]

I would gladly buy and wear what these women make.

[@ehopdavila]

What a great video and her English was very good!! Now you understand why you have to pay for their work!

[@crazyrus35]

Amazing, beautiful hard working women!

[@listenandbreathe]

That is such an amazing video, thank you so much for sharing this with us. More people need to see this and see how much work some individuals do. We never really think about how our clothes are made or anything like that. Watching these types of videos will help better educate ourselves Thanks again!

[@samfox88]

+listen & breathe Thank you for the lovely comments! Glad you liked the video. Quecha women are very skilled in dyeing fabrics.

[@mckenzieraduns8442]

She did a beautiful job!

[@suzipenny6478]

I missed seeing this during my travels in Peru, so thank you for sharing, amazing skills also in the weaving

[@feltedfeet9766]

I loved this. I’d really enjoy working along side her and learning her skills-without the baby though!

[@cesarsuttaq6855]

mis paisas son trilingues ....hablan quecha,español e inglés..

[@crissea2522]

This was a great video!!!! I was interested the whole time!! She was awesome!!!

[@samfox88]

Hi Crissy! Thank you for the kind comments. Glad to know you enjoyed the video!

[@AmjadMiandad]

she is amazing, loved the way she was totally engaged in all this.

[@anaMarPortillaC]

Maravilloso ver a estas mujeres extraordinaria labor y su inglés si es bueno 😊 aunque diga que no.

[@NinjaChickens]

Thank you for sharing this! It was fabulous to watch!!

[@EmpticStudios]

Beautiful video, amazing demonstration

[@Pauni3]

Amazing!thank you ladies from peru!

[@aparnanegi7163]

Very helpful video about organic dyes.

[@samfox88]

aparna negi Thank you for kind comment 😊

[@MohammedAslamtit-bitsoflife]

And they are so original and natural...

[@lapislazuli455]

Wonderful video. Love the Quechua in the vid!

[@susancraik7587]

beautiful presentation...I have such respect for these artisans

[@leahwilliams7088]

1: 21 because animals never take shower. I love this lady.

[@missymom53525]

This is beautiful to watch.

[@godsfavoritegay]

I'm in love with this video... :)

[@DMarcoTheBeast]

This is amazing. I want to go to Peru now.

[@Bluebird_Legacy]

makes me want to go to Peru!

[@monseverjel]

beautiful video, thanks for sharing. I love it!

[@samfox88]

+monse verjel Thank you for the kind comments. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@LibellulaGlass]

Great video thanks

[@samfox88]

LibellulaGlass Glad you enjoyed it! 😉

[@margarita1776.]

Fascinating !

[@federicajourdan8708]

thank you!awesome...and for her it' seems to be all simple!

[@knjvids4352]

great vid bro

[@feliperubio2615]

felicitaciones te amo perú 💙.

[@willownorth8215]

Excellent presentation

[@snatched.8135]

Her English is better than my mom's and she's been living here for the last 15 years... lol.

[@hoz49]

Her English is better than my Quechua...

[@Girlgamssilver]

I would definitely buy something!!!

[@charithkalhara8763]

very nice video

[@TheJayzism]

wow, thanks for uploading this video, I've learnt a little more about natural dye~! May I know what's the powder to make the color darker?

[@Peleski]

It is interesting how they make the various spectrum colours. I also wonder how they get that very deep black they wear.

[@erickg3508]

Love hearing her speak english...

[@trobaughryan]

Genius!

[@manythingwrong]

Very interesting video. But can you give little more detail about the natural soap she use at the very beginning of the video.?

[@snifferdogxsnifferdogx5977]

What is that root that she grated to make the soapy water? I'd love to try it myself!

[@kilimangan]

her english is better than my classmates in college ps i dont live in usa or uk but eu so yeah

[@Simoniej]

waaauw I love this! Thank you so much for the video! Do you know what kind of pulp she used?

[@samfox88]

simone marin Glad you enjoyed the video! She used some local wild herbs, plants and bark from trees growing near her village in Chinchero for the various dyes but I am not sure what their names are in English as she mentioned them in Quechua.

[@dafnarechter]

This woman is a goddess 😍

[@wellnesscanceradvocate8564]

I wouldn't wear an animal but I applaud her hard work

[@matthewdaltrey4676]

I'm assuming then, if you're vegan, you wear cotton, polyester, nylon, acrylic wools etc? Which is worse for the environment? A single cotton t shirt takes almost 3000 litres to produce. As for leather, a single cow produces approximately 6kg of useable material: that's 17,093L per kg, and 93% of this is rainwater. You'll use less 'blue water' (surface water) using leather as opposed to cotton. Likewise, it takes 500 000L of water to manufacture a meteic tonne of wool; thst makes a lot more clothing than its water equivalent in cotton. The synthetic fibres produce tonnes of microplastics that poison the oceanic trophic chain: 35% of existing microplastics in the ocean come from clothing . Remind me again why cotton is better from the environment? This isn't even taking into account the environmental impact of oil collection and processing necessary for the production of synthetic fibres. Get off your damn high horse. Shearing an animal causes minimal stress, and very little harm. Any damage is minor; the equivalent to you getting a scratch on your scalp when going to a hair salon. Very few animals are slaughtered solely for leather: its essentially a waste product. Why throw it away when you can utilise it? Finally, this video was an inappropriate place to write this comment. These people have no choice BUT to wear animals, even if they didn't want to.

[@the_evil_gemini_queen]

True queen

[@Larry-Art179]

awesome host

[@Blue_boi42]

what were the green plant leaves called???/

[@TheShwinn]

I am a fiber artist, where is this I must travel here to learn from these amazing artists

[@samfox88]

Tigré Witch This is in a local cultural village in Chinchero, Peru where the Quechua women live and sell their hand made knitware such as gloves, scarves, sweaters, blankets, woolly hats, etc. Very beautifully made and sold at a reasonable price too!

[@samratkadiyam4071]

What was the other substance/chemical she used in addition to natural salt?

[@abobarqi2443]

What is the name of the root she used for whitening?

[@Dovid2000]

What is the name of the root that she is grating to be used as a laundry detergent in cleaning the wool?

[@ChristineAllen_yeni]

Looked like yucca root

[@ChristineAllen_yeni]

Also good for washing hair.

[@Dovid2000]

@@ChristineAllen_yeni Thanks, Christine. Yes, I have heard that yucca root can produce a lather and can be used much like a cleansing soap.

[@darkflame_reaper1812]

idk why but its funny how she says looka dis XD

[@inthestateofcorruption1108]

🌺💕💕💕

[@art-dw]

What root is that she is grating at the beginning? Thanks.

[@samfox88]

Dalene West It is a root called “saqta.” It has the same name as the plant and is used as a natural detergent. They first peel it and then grate it. Then they mix it with hot water. Like magic it raises a lot of foam and then they sieve it into another receptacle. When the water is ready and charged with the detergent they introduce the raw alpaca or sheep’s wool. Then they rub the wool in their hands and when they pull it out of the water it is completely clean. If you compare it with the wool from before the change is amazing. I would not have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes. The women of Chinchero say that they also use this root to wash their hair. It leaves it shiny and naturally soft. When they harvest the root they say it must be used within two or three days because if they do not do so the root will go bad. If they have roots remaining when they are finished using them, they must bury them to keep them fresh.

[@art-dw]

thanks, its so amazing that she readily shares age old secrets, when so many other people market 'age old secrets' that are not half as good. I was very keen on knowing about this root only because my son used to have very bad eczema and i searched worldwide (online) to find something natural that would foam. and here it is, only, i'd need to go to their mountains to find it! fortunately he is mainly cured of it and can handle some medicated products which somehow didnt work entirely 100% when it was really bad. I know there are others like me, if she was to market it on amazon or wherever (perhaps she could preserve it with a food dehydrator if they could access one) and in this way it will keep. does she get to read these posts??? Bless her and bless you too for sharing, many thanks.

[@samfox88]

Dalene West Thank you for the blessings! 🙏🏼 It is highly unlikely that these group of friendly Quechua ladies get to see this video, even less so to read the comments. Years ago, when we visited their remote, high altitude mountain village in Chinchero, we were the only visitors in town. I remember it being a very quiet and tranquil place. It’s amazing how the lady in the video speaks English so well when the majority of the population in Peru can barely string together a sentence 👍🏼 I had the same literary experience with a female Hmong trekking guide in the mountains of Sapa in Vietnam. She was very conversant in English in a country where it is rarely spoken. These native tribes people never cease to amaze me! 👏🏼👏🏼 I hope your son recovers fully from his ailment in the nearby future. God bless! 🙏🏼

[@saranaidu9836]

Ooh noooo!! Bugs!!! Does this get put into cereal to give it color?

[@matthewdaltrey4676]

Cochineal bugs, used to make carmine (e120) colouring are used in almost anything you can think of that is red. Lipstick, other red makeups (eye shadows, blush), candy, sodas, clothing etc. The red colour comes from Carminic acid in the bugs' bodies. Even starbucks used cochineal based dyes in their strawberry frappuccinos until 2012.

[@gamingmomo697]

Who is watching this at school or for homework

[@tonyrod4388]

She is a remnant of a culture that was tantamount with knowledge of the kind that unites and constructs; the great Incas, a true gift of God, which we destroyed.

[@Ranaluv77]

I am curious how vegans view this? I watched another video abt the process of getting the red colors. It is ground up bugs but is that the only way to get that color or can ppl make synthetic colors? If not and only the bugs give the color, the product wouldn’t be vegan right?

[@AquiNohayQuienVIVA2023]

ohhhh, she speaks three languages: quechua, spanish and english..!! great...

[@makanlah6911]

Very economic and resistance 2 thousand kisses. 😆😆😆😆😅😅

[@sanjushka464]

This lady have pretty legs, and she speak english very good, it is so nice to peek at different culture window :D

[@erenakar3399]

Ben nerden geldim bu videoya

[@abbynarishkin9025]

Hey there, great video! I'm a video producer for Business Insider. We're doing a video on cochineal production. Can we feature a couple clips from your video in ours? We'll be sure to give you clear, onscreen credit. Thanks!

[@vitraxthenoob]

hello

[@xxxXXXCH04XXXxxx]

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[@sohazandi]

I have made a short film and I am integrating a documentary scene about commercializing Cochineal! Who owns the intellectual property of this video?

[@koffilatte29]

wats esto me confunde 1: los peruanos hablan español 2: en realdiad no se la dos jijijiji

[@earlrussell1026]

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the Anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Evangelism.

[@jimmiw7480]

70000 carmine bugs are killed for just 1 pound of dye? ? Stop killing carmine bugs,for haven sake... Let us do something please..

[@AlphaGeminorum1]

LOL. It's an INSECT. They're nearly indestructible. They proliferate like mosquitoes. It's irrelevant that they're harvested. There is a nearly endless supply of them.

[@jimmiw7480]

@@AlphaGeminorum1 Lord oh lord... its not about the quantity nor quality , but the life that matters. We dont need to show how respect for the bugs. But just IGNORE them. Let them be what they are. Let them go on with their life. Let them live on...

[@MinatheRaichu]

@@jimmiw7480 Maslow's heirarchy of needs. One is free to harvest and sticks to their customs, the other is arguably more expensive and harder to ship to mountainous regions.

[@edmundooliver7584]

its a parasite it kills cactus.

[@edwardtagg]

Cant understand a single word

[@eyeseastward]

Thank you for sharing this great video, it is really captivating!

[@samfox88]

Giuseppe Pio Cascavilla Glad you enjoyed the educational video! 👍 The Quechua of Chinchero are indeed very resourceful 😊