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Many of our products are decorated with a pampa trim (known as "guarda pampa" in spanish), which reproduces a traditional textil design of the Mapuche culture. The Mapuche are a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups that shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended from the central and southern Chile to southern Argentina. The Mapuche people are the only indigenous group which withstood the atacks of the Inca and were never conquered by them. They are also the only South American indigenous group that was never conquered by the Spaniards.

Among the Mapuche, the pampa design was known as the "Chief's Trim", since the chief was the only one allowed to use it, emphasizing his authority and his role as pillar of the comunity. Traditionally, the pampa pattern indicated the social status of its bearer. The higher number of steps of the design, the most sucessful was the person showing the trim; which, for the Mapuche, translated in owing more women, lands and horses.

This pattern also represented the stairs used by the guardian spirits of the tribe to move from heaven to earth to protect the people.