حكايات

Soenga is the traditional firing of Gondar black clay in Amarante, Portugal: pieces are fired in a pit dug in the ground at over 1,000 degrees, then the pit is smothered with pine needles and earth. Without oxygen, the smoke turns the clay black, with no paint or glaze.

Potter César Teixeira and his son João Teixeira, in Gondar, Amarante. Ra-Ro's film presents them as the last soenga artisans. Their pieces are sold at Ra-Ro.

A churra wool blanket hand-woven on a hand loom in Maçainhas, Guarda, Portugal, then fulled and brushed until it carries a long pile. Today only the Associação O Genuíno Cobertor de Papa, led by Céu Reis, makes it as a certified team.

The short film Made of Time, with creative direction by Broto and production by The End, won Best Short Documentary at the Barcelona Filmmakers Festival 2026, at Portugal Indie Film Fest (plus an honourable mention) and at the Finisterra Brazil Film Art & Tourism Festival, and an award at the ART&TUR International Tourism Film Festival.

In the Ra-Ro shop at ra-ro.eu. Every piece carries a Ra-Ro Index rating, from Uncommon to Unique.