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COLUMBIA – A Beautiful interesting country, which is famous worldwide for its woven hammocks, and preserve the centuries-old tradition of weaving. Some villages in Colombia earn only weave hammocks. Moreover, in every village there are Indians who weave in their own technologies.
On the canvas can be woven different designs, most often it is the traditional Indian ornaments. Colors are carefully chosen for its design. Colombian hammocks are made on looms way of cross-weaving. It is quite dense and forms a tissue. When a fabric woven from threads made of Brazilian walnut, is now the main raw material for hammocks – cotton.
The set is not all that you need for a nominal use of a hammock. It should be something else.
First, there are four (or two) pegs. You can make them by hand from scrap materials, and can take from those that are sold together in a tent. I wear a hat with aluminum pegs in the form of a hook. Would be better if stakes are sufficiently strong.
Why four or two? Because on one peg you can hang and delaying the curtain and the compensator. But I myself do not do it. When each rope on his peg it more reliable.
The second thing you certainly need is a mat. Perhaps it is not obvious, but to sleep in a hammock without a mat in nature will be chilly. The cool night breeze will blow you from the bottom and unpleasantly chilly. However, I can comfort you, in the summer it might not be a thick mat. I use Artiach Light weight at 208 PM me, it was enough.
Cottage without a hammock will not be present, who as a child swinging on a hammock to dizziness. And sweeter than sleep did not come up with than the afternoon nap under trills of crickets in the soothing comfort of a hammock. Hammock almost no space, weighs very little, easily fixed and removed, this is not garden swing. Anyone can hang a hammock in the little garden, and even on the balcony. Variety hammocks striking to anyone, even the most sophisticated interior can pick up a hammock. The hammock is an ideal gift for men and for women, he magic wand at any time of year, whatever the occasion.
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200000 years ago
The history of the hammock has its roots in the most ancient, known for today, civilization on earth – Mayan and Central America. We have heard only bits of information found on the stone scriptures in the pyramids of abandoned cities. Some sources send us as much as 200,000 years ago …
1500
The first mention of the hammock in our country, European history, dates back approximately 1500 years after Christ. After the discovery of America by Columbus, thousands of pioneers, conquerors rushed to find untold treasures unknown lands. Here is one of the descriptions of Indian villages, made by Pedro Vaz de Caminha (pedro Vaz de Caminha): “… the village consists of several huts, within each of them a stone hearth, around the fire on the ground – woven mats. There was no furniture there, except artfully tanned pieces of tissue in which they sleep … “Christopher Columbus also describes the hammocks in his diary,” Walking on unknown lands, calling them “hanging bed. At that time was not yet known Indian name of this “bed” – “Hamaca” (hamaka).
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Hammock – lounger – swing «RELAX». This is no cot or bed, but if you want modern fly design idea is changing the traditional view that a hammock can be suspended only that it should strengthen the trees. And as usual landscape of our suburban area – a small ground beds, or an idyllic meadow, the unusual form of a hammock – lager «RELAX» possible for two people finding just rest and relax in the shade or soak up the sun!
We all know such things: relaxation, relaxation, peace, deep sleep, etc., but not everyone knows how with the least financial and organizational costs, in an age of stress and psychological pressures to acquire state of inner harmony, so necessary to our tired body …
The dream was born five years ago … I came to Brazil, where he became acquainted with this remarkable invention of the ancient Native American – Brazilian hammock, forever falling in love with this integral part of the equatorial lifestyle. Upon returning home, and taking with him a few hammocks and Air Chair Stand as exotic souvenirs, I felt an intense attack from their “disadvantaged” friends and relatives who have not got hammocks. And then I suddenly realized that this is my mission – to correct this injustice to their fellow countrymen and make their lives a little miracle – Hammocks. I decided to open a blog dedicated to the hammock. I try to tell you about this wonderful invention. Give yourself and your family the best combination of comfort and style! To get used to good and fast! Join!