Ethnic Toro produces handmade leather goods and shoes in Bogota, Colombia. 98% of their products are handmade to support single mothers, disabled people, and Afro-Colombian groups. Their mission is to produce high quality products for domestic and international markets while preserving the environment and supporting social partners. Their vision is to be a leading sustainable company through quality, competitiveness, and innovation. They implement quality policies and processes to ensure safe and compliant products.

2. In ethnic Toro Shoes and Leather goods elaborate elements
Environment friendly, 100% Colombian origin and produced
by our artisans, with the support of single mothers, the
disabled, and several of our Afro-Colombian ethnias. In our
workshop in Bogota elaborate these items, 98% of them are
handmade.

3. MISION
ethnic Toro is a small company of Colombian origin, aimed at the production
and marketing, with a portfolio of products and services to satisfy the needs of
domestic and international markets, providing our customers a product with the
highest standards of quality.
Contributing to the preservation of the environment and supporting our partners
in the delivery of a range of products with a social optimum through quality
policies involving single mothers, black communities, disabled and different
ethnic groups in our country, developing and improving business development
processes and Sustainable International Trade.

4. VISION
Being a leading company at the forefront this globalized world,
differentiating on quality, compliance competitiveness, and innovation
in our products and services, to achieve recognition among our
customers, users, partners and the international community.

5. QUALITY POLICY
Securing and ensuring the development, marketing and distribution of
safe products through compliance, control and monitoring of the
operating organization and functions, different quality processes as
(GAP, GMP, ISO'S, etc.) are always looking for the maximum quality for
our customers.
Provide an organizational environment that generates optimal in our
company social responsibility and continuous improvement.

6. VALUES
The main foundation of ethnic Toro depicted in assets such as
respect, honesty, commitment, confidence, and sense of belonging to
our customers, our company, our employees and partners. All this
resulted in products or services that develop and market.

7.  Where are produced:
 Uraba Colombia
 Region: Pacific
 Material: Fabric.

8. Molas, Kuna culture from sharing the territory of Colombia and Panama, are decorative apparel
fabrics, worked backwards with the technique called applied embroidery, colorful textiles
made with different colors.
Molas, traditionally worked by the women of the Kuna community, not only are different and
unique clothes. Molas are a philosophy, a tradition preserved. In them, women wear life and they
sink into the earth, when death comes.
The molas art reflects not only a great naturalist and artistic knowledge, but also profound
representations of a culture very original.
Molas are made by hand and contain two or more layers of fabric cut and sewn one another in
ways from the world that surrounds this community.
Origin of Molas
The origin of the mola comes from body painting (tattoo) which was then transferred to the
fabric. Molas represent the cosmogonic thought, a graphical view of the world full of colors and
meanings anthropomorphic and zoomorphic.
According to the worldview of the Kuna, was the creator of the universe of indigenous
Babdummad who gave his people the beautiful fabrics which are reflected in their views, flora and
fauna.

9. Fabrics Wayuu:
Weaving in the life of the Wayuu indigenous community that lives in the La Guajira Peninsula, is much
more than a cultural and heritage of their ancestors. Work means for the Wayuu show through their
creativity, intelligence and wisdom of life and the feel.
The Wayuu weaving tradition
The tissues of the Wayuu fascinated by their colors, designs and complexity of techniques used in its
production. The reasons for this culture are typical representations of geometric shapes that symbolize
elements of nature (animals, plants, stars, trails, etc..) Surrounding the Wayuu everyday life. The more
complex the figures, the piece acquires greater value.
Wayúu tissues are characterized by the use of very strong and contrasting colors.
Most representative Crafts Wayuu
The hammock and the hammock
The hammock and the hammock, "hanging beds where the Wayuu rest, sleep, talk, serves visitors,
working in the tissues, procreate and bring children into the world" are two fundamental tissue culture.
The difference between the hammock and the hammock is that hammocks are elastic and are made
with loose tissues and hammocks are made with fabrics are much more compact and heavy.

12. CARLOS GABRIEL MIRQUE ORJUELA
GENERAL MANAGER
cmirque@toroholding.com
3002206977