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Buying things Buying presents and souvenirs |
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Uruguay is a country whose major industry was large-scale beef and sheep farming. There was little or no work for the women.
In 1968 a group of women joined together to unite their skills and see if they could turn them to profitable use. The result was 'Manos del Uruguay', a cooperative movement that specialises in hand-knitted clothes and woven decorations.
A woman wants to buy a scarf as a present for her husband. |
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Two women are looking at a wall-hanging one of them saw the previous day. |
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