Watch this GlobalPost video to learn how to make the Panama hat.
A Panama hat or just Panama is a traditional brimmed hat of Ecuadorian origin that is made from the plaited leaves of the toquilla straw plant (Carludovica palmata)
Straw hats woven in Ecuador, like many other 19th and early 20th century South American goods, [...]

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