¿Where they
CURIOSITIES
make it?
¿?
The toquilla straw hat,
considered a symbol of
Ecuador
It is made especially in the
Jipijapa canton in the Manabí
province on the country's coast
And, in the city of Cuenca,
capital of the province of Azuay
And in the mountains of
Ecuador
Unidad Educativa
¨Quevedo¨
WEEK3-PROJECT4
TOPIC:
WHY ARE TAQUILLA STRAW HATS
CALLED ¨PANAMA HATS¨?
If there is something that cannot be
missing in our wardrobe, it is the
accessories. And among them,
never, but never, a good panama
hat must be lacking, while other
accessories come and go PANAMA HATS
according to the times, this type of
hat will never go out of style
ANDRADE BURGOS EMILY 3RO SISTEMA ¨B¨
 TOQUILLA
¿HOW IT STRAW
IS MADE? HAT
HISTORY The raw material for making
the hat is the iraca palm

The toquilla straw hat or Panama hat is It is subjected to a

a traditional hat with a brim from transformation process
Ecuador, which is made from the
braided leaves of the palm tree of the
toquilla straw hat. Despite the name
(Panama hat), the hats are original and After cutting the buds, the
manufactured in Montecristi, Ecuador. tender leaves are extracted
Their name comes from the fact that from the palm
they reached relevance during the
construction of the Panama Canal when
thousands of hats were imported from Then they are shredded to
Ecuador for the use of construction remove the fibers with which
workers. When Theodore Roosevelt the hat is woven
visited the channel he wore this hat,
which increased his popularity.