On Tuesday September 12th I attended the Latinx Heritage Month Mock Tails&Paint event with Alex . Upon arriving and signing in we were served an assortment of snacks like churros and flan which was followed by featured guest speaker Miguel Trelles. Mr. Trelles briefly spoke about the indigenous people of Panama known as the Kuna and their traditional art form known as mola. Mola which originated with women painting their bodies with colorful geometric designs soon began to be placed on cloths and clothing to be sold to Panamas European settlers. Following the information section we were then able to observe various examples of molas and eventually attempt to design and paint our own versions of a mola on cloth.I’m not the most artistic or neat person so I cant say that mine came out looking too amazing but the overall experience was very fun.
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