OUR INNOVATIVE AND ORIGINAL PROJECT, ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE CULTURAL DIVERSITY, ENCOURAGE TRADITIONALISM IN ART, HONOR ETHNIC ARTISTS AND THEIR TECHNIQUES, DATING BACK SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS BACK
A REMARKABLE TASTE IN THE FRAME OF ART
40-34 Year-old rum
In each of the bottles you will find a unique rum from Dictador's special inventory, dating from 1982-1988. The liquid was matured in Sherry, Bourbon and Port casks and contains from 40% to 57% alcohol.
15 Unique patterns
They were created by local artists from San Juan de Pasto in southern Colombia using the Barniz de Pasto (Pasto Varnish) technique - Putumayo and Narino, which was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008
OUR ROOTS LIE IN CRAFT AND NATURE
For thousands of years the artists from the Nariño region of southern Colombia have been ornamenting objects using a handicraft technique known as Barniz de Pasto. Its key ingredient is resin derived from the seeds of the mopa-mopa bush, which grows in the Andean forests and in the Putumayo ‘selva’.
INSPIRATION GATHERED FROM NATURE
REFINED AND SOPHISTICATED PROCESSING
Dried mopa-mopa leaves are crushed, boiled and ground to make viscous resin. The raw material thus processed is kneaded by fingers, hit with a mallet and painted using natural dyes.
The next stage involves two masters stretching the material into a sheet-like flat surface. Only then do the artists cut out the desired patterns from the prepared material and use them to cover everyday objects – usually wooden, which are supplied by local carpenters.
TRULY MAGICAL ART
Varnish of pasto is a technique symbolising an extraordinary union between artisans of different specialties, nature and ancestral heritage. Cultivated with attention to detail, respect for nature and handcrafted work, it is a type of art that does not yield to modern technology, fads and mass culture. For a brand like Dictador, you can’t wish for better company.
330 bottles exclusively
Mopa Mopa collection includes fifteen unique designs in sets of limited number of bottles for each pattern.
Limited Collection of Dictador single vintage 40 years old rum in unique bottles hand decorated by Wixáritari, a native Indian artistic tribe inhabiting the steep ravines of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican Gran Nayar. The bottles feature our most precious liquids from the best and oldest barrels. The liquids are carefully chosen and mixed by our master blender, as he has chosen the best of the oldest vintages to give you the truest taste of our age-old DICTADOR.
Wixáritari believe that it is not the final effect that is the most important in creating art, but the act of creation itself: singing, sewing, embroidering and creating remarkable patterns using thousands of tiny beads. The entire universe depicted in art is constantly changing. That’s why each work of art is unique.
For classical Colombian flavours that are rich, deep and luxuriously delicious – you need simply to sip to fully understand the magic of the best. Dictador Wixarika comes as the world’s limited collection of only 250 bottles. You are one of the lucky owners who can enjoy the precious taste and unique design of Dictador Wixárika.
Discover the Wixarika collection
Only 250 bottles in the world.
OUR INNOVATIVE AND ORIGINAL PROJECT, ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE CULTURAL DIVERSITY, ENCOURAGE TRADITIONALISM IN ART, HONOR ETHNIC ARTISTS AND THEIR TECHNIQUES, DATING BACK SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS BACK
A REMARKABLE TASTE
IN THE FRAME OF ART
40-34 Year-old rum
In each of the bottles you will find a unique rum from Dictador's special inventory, dating from 1982-1988. The liquid was matured in Sherry, Bourbon and Port casks and contains from 40% to 57% alcohol.
15 Unique patterns
They were created by local artists from San Juan de Pasto in southern Colombia using the Barniz de Pasto (Pasto Varnish) technique - Putumayo and Narino, which was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008
OUR ROOTS LIE IN CRAFT AND NATURE
For thousands of years the artists from the Nariño region of southern Colombia have been ornamenting objects using a handicraft technique known as Barniz de Pasto.<br /> Its key ingredient is resin derived from the seeds of the mopa-mopa bush, which grows in the Andean forests and in the Putumayo ‘selva’.
INSPIRATION GATHERED FROM NATURE
The mopa-mopa seed harvest takes place within 6 months of the year, between May and November. During this time, gatherers live in the jungle in temporary camps called “Cambuche”. Each morning, they traverse the rugged mountain route and painstakingly collect the seeds. In total, they manage to collect about 6-9 kilograms. After covering the perilous distance between Mocoa and Pasto, known as the “trampoline of death,” they sell the product in town to local master craftsmen.
REFINED AND SOPHISTICATED PROCESSING
Dried mopa-mopa leaves are crushed, boiled and ground to make viscous resin. The raw material thus processed is kneaded by fingers, hit with a mallet and painted using natural dyes.
The next stage involves two masters stretching the material into a sheet-like flat surface. Only then do the artists cut out the desired patterns from the prepared material and use them to cover everyday objects – usually wooden, which are supplied by local carpenters.
TRULY MAGICAL ART
Varnish of pasto is a technique symbolising an extraordinary union between artisans of different specialties, nature and ancestral heritage. Cultivated with attention to detail, respect for nature and handcrafted work, it is a type of art that does not yield to modern technology, fads and mass culture. For a brand like Dictador, you can’t wish for better company.
330 bottles exclusively
Mopa Mopa collection includes fifteen unique designs in sets of limited number of bottles for each pattern.
Limited Collection of Dictador single vintage 40 years old rum in unique bottles hand decorated by Wixáritari, a native Indian artistic tribe inhabiting the steep ravines of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican Gran Nayar. The bottles feature our most precious liquids from the best and oldest barrels. The liquids are carefully chosen and mixed by our master blender, as he has chosen the best of the oldest vintages to give you the truest taste of our age-old DICTADOR.
Wixáritari believe that it is not the final effect that is the most important in creating art, but the act of creation itself: singing, sewing, embroidering and creating remarkable patterns using thousands of tiny beads. The entire universe depicted in art is constantly changing. That’s why each work of art is unique.
For classical Colombian flavours that are rich, deep and luxuriously delicious – you need simply to sip to fully understand the magic of the best. Dictador Wixarika comes as the world’s limited collection of only 250 bottles. You are one of the lucky owners who can enjoy the precious taste and unique design of Dictador Wixárika.
Discover the Wixarika collection
Only 250 bottles in the world.