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Abstract This article collects the results of an ethnographic fieldwork carried out in rural areas in central La Mancha. The main objective has been to study the symbolism of the popular, visual and decorative arts, called minor arts because of their opposition to the major or noble arts. Among these activities, the art of hooking the ropes of mules harnessed with harness or garnishes in simple or daily (black and white colors) and in luxury or silk (red and yellow albero) stands out. The field of symbolic anthropology has been used, as well as different ethnographic research techniques. The artistic activities analyzed constitute a form of language that, due to its symbolic content, evokes a place, a cultural tradition, links with other places in the national geography, such as the case of Andalusia, and values ​​that are part of the social imaginary.

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