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Latin America

Judi Lynn

(164,122 posts) Tue Aug 10, 2021, 09:33 PM Aug 2021

Dylan Barth Aug 9, 2021, 11:42 AM

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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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Meet the women keeping a 2,000-year-old Indigenous craft alive in Guatemala [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2021 OP

I haven't been able to get this link to come up Skittles Aug 2021 #1

Here ya go! Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #3

oh wow, thank you Skittles Aug 2021 #4

Those are so beautiful! Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #2

This video is also on Youtube AllBlue Aug 2021 #6