"I'm Marleni Arellano Zeta, but in the artistic world I'm known as Marzesa, which is a combination of my names. I was born in Chulucanas on April 16, 1970, and am a self-taught artisan.

"However my work is not improvised. At the same time I was learning my craft, I studied computerized accounting, marketing and foreign trade. But from the time I was a child, I always wanted to do something that was 'mine.' I wanted 'to grow, to be successful by myself.' And that's how I entered this world of art. My father died when I was 12 and, with eight brothers and sisters, I needed to think of a way to get ahead and be able to help out.

"Although ...

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