Meet the women keeping a 2,000-year-old Indigenous craft alive in Guatemala

[Judi Lynn]

Dylan Barth Aug 9, 2021, 11:42 AM

- video at link -

Weaving has been passed down in Mayan communities since ancient times.

The 36-year civil war in Guatemala that ended in the 1990s threatened Indigenous culture.

A group of women in San Juan La Laguna are fighting to preserve the craft and support their families.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mayan-weavers-guatemala-women-dyeing-2021-8?IR=C

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[Skittles]

1. I haven't been able to get this link to come up

could you tell me if they direct us anywhere we can buy their products?

[Phoenix61]

3. Here ya go!

https://tramatextiles.org/

[Skittles]

4. oh wow, thank you

I am fascinated by their craft and this would be a good way to help them!

beautiful stuff

https://i.postimg.cc/9FFBkZL8/blouse2-540x.webp

[Judi Lynn]

8. Thank you for mentioning finding the link Phoenix provided. I just saw this unbelievable item:

A table runner! I would be more tempted to put it behind glass where people couldn't touch it! The colors in it are so deep, so intense, it's overwhelming!

So moved by seeing their unbelievable skills. Have NO idea how anyone can learn to do this.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Thank you, Phoenix61. Wonderful being able to see their artwork much better. Wow.

Have no idea how they can produce such amazing patterns, even creating the very colors, growing the very cotton they use.

A post who has posted in Latin America forum before, Catherine, lived in Guatemala for years, and goes back sometimes. She said the material itself they wear is the softest material she has ever seen!

It was good to find at the link you shared, a newsletter and information anyone can receive, and I jumped on that immediately.

Thank you, so much.

[Phoenix61]

2. Those are so beautiful!

I know where I’m doing my Christmas shopping!

[niyad]

5. Thank you so much for this. How does one view without a face book account?

Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights And Issues? Thanks in advance.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Got it, niyad! Just posted it in that forum. Thanks for the thought, here's the link:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113812547

[AllBlue]

6. This video is also on Youtube

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Thanks for posting - it's great!

[Judi Lynn]

10. Thanks for finding an easier, and better way to get to that video, AllBlue.

Welcome to the LatAm forum!