Carpe diem: the Costa Rican women turning fish into fashion

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 03, 2024 8:52 pm

COSTA DE PÁJAROS, Costa Rica — On a beach in Costa Rica, as fishermen land the day's catch, two women are hard at work on a slimy sea bass skin, rubbing, scraping, washing and tanning the hide to turn it into leather.

Two years ago, both Mauren Castro, 41, and Marta Sosa, 70, were stay-at-home mums dependent on their fishermen husbands to provide for their families of four and six, respectively.

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