Guatemala, Sewing Partners

Mujeres Maya, Guatemala

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Mujeres Maya (Mayan Women) Kaqchiqoel of Santa Caterina de Barahona is a cooperative weaving business whose members create amazing hand weavings by using the traditional weaving techniques handed down to them by their grandmothers. The Mujeres Maya received a micro-loan from our partner FIDESMA in Guatemala to start their business. Today they have a stall in the major tourist city of Antigua, where they sell their goods.

Maria using the hand loom
Maria using the hand loom
Santa Caterina de Barahona
Santa Caterina de Barahona
Table cloth with Quetzal
Table cloth with Quetzal
Traditional hand loom
Traditional hand loom
Huipil: traditional indigenous garment
Huipil: traditional indigenous garment
Christmas table runner
Christmas table runner
Table cloths
Table cloths
Dios de Maiz, Corn God
Dios de Maiz, Corn God
Detail of a huipil
Detail of a huipil
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Isabel demonstrates how the threads are counted for the hand-loom.
Isabel demonstrates how the threads are counted for the hand-loom.
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