7 Sisters promote the 3rd edition of the Hemp Fiber Meeting in Grândola

It is already on the next Friday, the 6th of May, that the 3rd Edition of Hemp Fiber Lab, or Hemp Fiber Meeting, organized by the collective 7 Irmãs, which is dedicated to the exploration and promotion of hemp culture in Portugal. The event takes place at Lugar da Mina da Caveira, in Grândola, and includes workshops, walks, yoga, meditation, cannabis meals, concerts and entertainment for children.

The 7 Sisters promote the ancient work of manual transformation of vegetable fibers, which involved the whole community, and which was of great importance in local communities, especially for women – the spinners and weavers. “Crafts and specifically textile creation have been one of the first and most important pillars of women's sustainability and autonomy since the beginning of humanity”, says Lilian Ribeiro, one of the 7 Sisters and facilitator of the event. “We found ourselves with the desire to rescue the knowledge and techniques lost around hemp, which was used so much in Portugal, and to make our own yarn, step-by-step, from the plants we harvested together last year. ”.