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The Desert Speaks
The Lost Palm Weavers of Sonora
Season 14
Episode 1404
The Ópatas were probably the largest aboriginal group in what is now Sonora, Mexico but by the 1950s anthropologists could not locate a single speaker of the native language. Join the search in Buena Vista, Sonora for the descendants of Ópata palm weavers and explore the tradition of native palm weaving that has survived through the centuries.
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