The Linen Museum of Baio shows the entire traditional process of making this historical fiber.
This small museum was promoted by the O Santiaguiño Association, with the aim of recovering and valuing the tradition of linen in Zas. In its facilities, the entire production process can be followed, from cultivation to weaving.
Among the most notable pieces is a loom that is more than 200 years old. The museum also organizes live demonstrations and dissemination activities that keep alive one of the most representative crafts of the area.
The association AMIGOS DO LIÑO, at the provincial level, and based in our municipality, has been developing since 1993 a great work of recovery of the artisanal process that our ancestors carried out to obtain the precious fiber. From tradition, the tools that were used in each of the phases of the cultivation and spinning of linen have been recovered.
Phases:
At the end of the spinning phase, a community meal was held as a thank you to all the women who spin during the long winter, followed by a dance that the spinners themselves organized and about which there is a rich folklore that came to be forbidden by the church. Currently and recovered by the association AMIGOS DO LIÑO this “Comida da Fía” is held in the month of April as a renowned cultural event that brings together entities from the economic, socio-cultural world of Galicia and the general public of different origins.
We can see instruments recovered and used in the manufacture of linen such as looms, spindles … and a varied collection of textile and textile garments in:
A Cacharoza – s/n – 15150 Baio – Zas (A Coruña)
The Castle of Vimianzo – C/ Da Torre s/n – Vimianzo (A Coruña)
A.V.P. O Santiaguiño de Carreira – Carreira – Zas ( A Coruña) +34 981 75 12 67
In the Ethnographic Museum located in the Torres do Allo we can also observe the linen clothing worn by the peasant women of the beginning of the last century in this area.
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