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Each colour represents a different community around the world and it has been woven into a net design to show how the world is interconnected.
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In 2019, with nearly 200 women from the crocheting association established in her village by Lorena Ron, they broke a world record for the longest crocheted canopy.
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Lorena Ron says the crocheted hanging represents 100 mothers of Mexico hugging the country they love.
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The weave is made using a type of plastic which is malleable and weather resistant.
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In a small town in west Mexico, 100 women, led by Lorena Ron, spent more than 5,200 hours crocheting 3,500 individual pieces that make up the eye-catching exterior of the Mexico Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. All photos: Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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The Mexico Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
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Each colour represents a different community around the world and it has been woven into a net design to show how the world is interconnected.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HKG5HP2RCFBXFAIE2G3LMUPGK4.jpg?smart=true&auth=a23e039dcd70cb931ab8a45a0d428e3243c8cac125697ad74a22d8a94c4952a5&width=400&height=225)
In 2019, with nearly 200 women from the crocheting association established in her village by Lorena Ron, they broke a world record for the longest crocheted canopy.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JIGE7UL7FNDRFMLFKNPDG6DYZA.jpg?smart=true&auth=5015f7fa6b162d57e527dc66f7a04fe4b1955f79ed0dfc13ee8c1a00f73bd984&width=400&height=225)
Lorena Ron says the crocheted hanging represents 100 mothers of Mexico hugging the country they love.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4F7FGJHV2FAEDP3A5F6JHWSCYM.jpg?smart=true&auth=654b4447d8d735cf887061379ed80133a34d6039b969d1d5290bef167dcde38e&width=400&height=225)
The weave is made using a type of plastic which is malleable and weather resistant.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3B6EDJS3WVCUDOLSXUYAQCHXJE.jpg?smart=true&auth=308f393296b1a78f0a0c7fa6a2a03f118f0cac1ff0e09d166e18317e7bd21c7b&width=400&height=225)
In a small town in west Mexico, 100 women, led by Lorena Ron, spent more than 5,200 hours crocheting 3,500 individual pieces that make up the eye-catching exterior of the Mexico Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. All photos: Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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The Mexico Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
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Each colour represents a different community around the world and it has been woven into a net design to show how the world is interconnected.
How 100 women in a Mexican town brought their home pavilion to life at Expo 2020 Dubai
Lorena Ron, 60, says the crochet façade represents 100 Mexican mothers hugging the country they love
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Kelly Clarke
07 October, 2021
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