How much are the gifts that the G20 leaders will receive?

Each gift was designed by Juliana Awada. The first lady used the inherited Family Office to organize each of the gifts that leaders attending the event will remember. G-20 Summit.

Designed to represent the best way to The rich artisan tradition of the country, gifts for agents and their companions are 100% national.

From one side, alpaca shawls for men and women silver bracelets. And for each one of them, a mandala pin and the word "Argentina" that they will carry during the prolongation of the visit.

The feminine gift was made by Ignacio Bárcena, renowned argentine artist and jeweler with his team of goldsmiths. The workshop – with international prestige – has developed an elegant, discreet silver piece for each of the companions.

Juana, Andrea and Teodora They are artisans of Belén – a region known as the birthplace of poncho – and with the Association of spinners and weavers of the project "Entrepreneurs of our Earth", from the Department of Social Development, responsible for the special mission.

"The proposal was to realize 40 alpaca shawls for the G-20explains Juana, who has been in this business since she was a teenager.

Each scarf it took months of elaborationbecause they are handcrafted with the finest strands of vicuña, from the west of Catamarca province. Today, it is a heritage protected by its scarcity, these animals being in danger of extinction. The weaving of this blanket was made with 1500 threads and was woven on a rustic loom in a single canvas. 2 meters by 60 centimeters wide. The most expensive version of the garment, like the one that will receive the leaders, sells for $ 60,000.

Michelle Obama, then First Lady of the United States, received a similar gift in 2016.

The first lady, who encourages this type of project, highlighted last week the craft work: "It is a proposal that seeks to protect the ancestral know-how of our artisans while giving them an impetus to develop their projects. Amazing the work of our craftsmen and a sample of quality, diversity, history and culture"

This type of confection requires high quality natural materials that are difficult to obtain. The wool of this animal has unique characteristics: light, warm and at the same time impermeable.

Each tissue can visualize the cultural characteristics of the northern region. In principle, it was a matriarchal tradition that currently involves the whole family group, a form of economic sustenance. Teodora said that "the loom is the legacy of his mother, I do not see the time to take one garment and put another, so for me, it is the joy".

"It's important that our fabrics leave here, I'm very grateful to you," said Andrea, "We have to twist the thread first, weave it and it's still bound and continue to weave", he added.
The Association of Spinners and Weavers of Bethlehem is a productive company of 22 people dedicated to making fabrics with vicuña fiber obtained through the shearing process. They specialize in the artisbad production ofand blankets, ponchos, ruanas, bowties and shawls.
Belén is part of the fascinating route of the looms, where nine localities of the province join the journey of more than 300 craftsmen dedicated to the weaving and will benefit from an international visibility in the hands of international leaders.