Handmade with Maya Wisdom

My name is Caryn Maxim. I live in NJ but spend 2 weeks of each month in Cajola, a Maya Mam community in the western highlands of Guatemala. (The Mam people are one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups in Guatemala.) I have been helping a group of women start a weaving cooperative, MayaMam Weavers, over the past years. I would like to share with you some of their work, some of their stories, some of their wisdom, as well as why fair trade -- or trading fairly -- matters.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Gift bags for Doña Pancha’s Chocolate

We have been making custom gift bags for Quetzaltenango’s luxury chocolatier, Doña Pancha. The embroidery on the front of the bags represents the typical clothing of the K’iché people of Quetzaltenango. Quetzaltenango has both K’iché and Mam people (there are 22 different ethnic Maya groups in Guatemala, each with our own language!)

One bag shows the men’s ceremonial “traje” and the other shows the women’s ceremonial “traje”.

Of course when we were talking with “Doña Pancha” about making gift bags for her chocolate, we had to try it! It was really delicious. She makes lots of different flavors. We bought some of her chocolate that is flavored with cardamom and made hot chocolate with it. Delicioso.
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If you want to learn more about Doña Pancha’s chocolate, her web site is www.
chocolatededonñapancha.com

1 comment:

jadeAugust 29, 2017 at 5:40 AM
You could substitute a bag of microwave popcorn if you prefer.

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