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El kené · The design world

Tap a card. The lines have names.

✦ TemasLos saludosLas preguntasLa familiaLa genteEl cuerpoLos númerosLos coloresLos animalesLa comidaEl tiempoEl cieloLa naturalezaLa casaLas plantasLos verbosLos sentimientosEl kenéEl táriEl corazón
tap me
kené
design — the pattern
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tap me
kewé
embroidery — the design sewn
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bewá
song
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káno
connection structure
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maya
curve — the river's turn
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menin
gifted-handed — an artist
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kenan
carved wooden bench
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kempo
mocahua — a painted drinking bowl
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kencha
clay plate — the callana
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Para decirlo entero · A whole sentence

Menin ainbo riki kene onan.
A woman gifted with her hands knows how to make designs
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Kené is the design world — the step-lines on the tári, on the kempo, and on every page of this course: our site borrowed its lines from kené, and this door names them. Soí, the soft glow a finished kené carries, keeps its home on El corazón.

Free, for everyone. Every word here comes from our recorded classes and the standard dictionary of Shipibo — never invented.