(from the march I went to yesterday)
Ta-dah! I dyed a shirt using añil, an indigo dye that has been used for (a very long time that I don't know) in the region. The development of synthetic dyes touched off the first economic crash within Central America and set the stage for large-scale plantations of coffee, cotton, and bananas. Now folks are trying to reclaim it and re-learn the traditions. (And they're doing a much, much better job than I am.)
Check out the new albums on picasa to see the whole thing (of both events): http://picasaweb.google.com/foggytechtor.
