11.17.2008

Hacienda tour continued

The goal of this field trip was to visit haciendas that are still producing henequen. All are in various states of disrepair as you can see above. Below is a photo of henequen leaves waiting to be "de-fibered."
The photo below shows the fibers drying in the sunshine. The drying process takes about 2 days. The fibers are then moved into the rope plant.




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