{"id":18312,"date":"2022-09-13T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T07:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/taller-la-mojaquera-organizado-ayuntamiento-mojacar-la-universidad-granada-explica-la-antigua-gestion-del-agua-parte-las-mujeres-la-localidad\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T11:32:28","slug":"the-mojaquera-workshop-organised-by-mojacar-council-and-the-university-of-granada-explains-old-water-management-by-local-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojacar.es\/en\/the-mojaquera-workshop-organised-by-mojacar-council-and-the-university-of-granada-explains-old-water-management-by-local-women\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mojaquera workshop, organised by Moj\u00e1car Council and the University of Granada, explains old water management by local women."},"content":{"rendered":"

Moj\u00e1car Council and the MEMOLab Biocultural Archaeological Laboratory are organising a series of workshops related to the Moj\u00e1car la Vieja excavations aimed at complementing the investigations and the recovery of the history and customs of the locality through the ages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tA series of workshops have been planned in this 2022 campaign, that have started with the so-called \u201cMojaquera Workshop\u201d, at which the role of the woman in managing the family\u2019s water is highlighted, their distinctive daily comings and goings between the fountain and the homes, doing the washing, and their typical dress, one of Moj\u00e1car\u2019s symbols of identity for decades.
\n\tMoj\u00e1car women of different ages, including children, were at the workshop explaining to the participants what the typical costume of the locality was made up of, how it was put together and its complexity when it comes to making it due to the number of garments it\u2019s composed of.
\n\tThe question arises about the origin of the custom of using the scarf, which in the past would cover \u201chalf an eye\u201d and was a sign of modesty among females of the time, as was the colour used, which was different depending on whether they were single or married.
\n\tAnother of the peculiarities in the feminine attire, and an essential piece in the transfer of water, is the so-called \u201crodete\u201d (round pad), which was placed on top of the head. It was essential so that the heavy pitchers, full of water, stayed balanced on top.
\n\tThe image of a woman carrying pitchers of water on their head and others resting on their hip represents one of the most typical images of the locality and a Moj\u00e1car symbol of identity.
\n\tAnother of the peculiarities in the water management concerns the washing of clothes and in their fountain. From its outlet from the spring through 13 spouts, the water was distributed through two parallel, but differentiated channels: one in which the laundry was done and another which flowed freely to its storage place.
\nMoj\u00e1car is one of the few places in which the women got into the water to do their washing. With their skirts rolled up, they put their legs in the channel in which the water flowed freely and the other was for doing the washing. The two channels were separated by a series of stones, today of marble, which served for rubbing the washing. Hence the laundry water, which had soap in it, was not mixed with the other.
\nThe workshop was directed by Noelia Aguado, a MEMOLab community archaeology specialist, who is also in charge of the esparto grass workshops, at which master esparto grass weavers teach the almost forgotten technique of making nearly all the items used at the time, both for the home and for agriculture, and the \u201cMoj\u00e1car Stories\u201d workshop, which aim to recover the memory concerning Moj\u00e1car la Vieja and what perception they had of this place.
\nThe traditional ceramics workshop is maintained and a day of drawing and painting at which the participants can paint at the dig site itself and in Plaza Nueva to capture the image of this emblematic place which inspires them the most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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