Travel & Community
Track Ethnoteks adventures and see what our community is up to. This is a place we'll feature our Tribe of customers and all the awesomeness that you're up to. To be featured tag @ethnotekbags and #etktribe on social media.
Latest articles from Travel & Community
Ghana’s Art Scene – The Hostile Paradise
While the nascent art scene in Ghana has shown encouraging signs of life in recent years, street art festivals like Chale Wote, a two-week celebration of art, culture, and music, is helping to provide a platform for emerging artists to connect with the public.
Travel Journaling 101
While videos and photos are great for storing visual memories, Adam Hacklander makes the case for travel journaling in order to better engage with the place you're visiting while preserving that exact moment in words and pictures.
The Dream Weavers of Balwaar
It is late evening when Malkiet eagerly settles down at her adda (loom). It’s her favorite time of day; it’s also her favorite corner of home. Picking up a heavy, wood-handled metal claw called a panja, she begins to deftly beat back the cotton weft into the warp strung across a horizontal frame.
Against the Grain - Promoting Sustainable Farming in the Peruvian Andes
In a world that’s increasingly adverse to carbs and gluten, Francisco Abanto is helping to empower farmers in the Andes of Peru to sustainably cultivate indigenous pseudo-grains again and to teach urbanites the beauty of breadmaking.
Documenting Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic Minority Groups
After nearly 10 years, French photographer Réhahn has met, photographed, and documented all 54 of Vietnam’s ethnic groups. The result of this Herculean task is the Precious Heritage Museum, a 500 sqm space opened in early 2017 dedicated to showcasing the entire range of Vietnam’s ethno-cultural diversity.
International Coastal Clean Up Day
Can you believe that the United States has produced more plastic in the past 10 years than the entire last century?! In Los Angeles alone, the Pacific Ocean is polluted with 10 metric tons of plastic per day.
Tribe Spotlight: Malia Hulleman
Activism never ends; there’s no time for sleep, no time for fun and games. You’re either in or you’re out. And if you’re out, you’re in the way.
No, this isn't what's said in the community. But it's what we often feel - that we must exceed everyone else's expectations.
Tribe Spotlight: Tyrone Davis Jr.
If you haven't heard the name Tyrone Davis Jr. before, just wait...there are big things on the horizon for this fella!
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Travel & Community
Track Ethnoteks adventures and see what our community is up to. This is a place we'll feature our Tribe of customers and all the awesomeness that you're up to. To be featured tag @ethnotekbags and #etktribe on social media.