Above sandals are traditionally worn by the women of the dry Guajira peninsula in the most northern part of Columbia. They are formed by braided woollen cords fixed to a leather sole with three holes in it. The upper cords are decorated with a woollen pom-pom, which varies in size in accordance with the social standing of the wearer. The loops holding the woollen cords are braided either of wool too or of pita-grass fibre and are knotted together underneath the thick one-layer sole through the mentioned holes.