Culturally, Maya clothing possesses characteristics and properties that are well-defined in order to reveal our cosmovision, traditions, system of values and collective personality. The beauty and colors of our weavings aren’t just an expression of aesthetics; they are an important way to protect our culture and its fundamental symbolic elements.
Geometric symbols are the most common; they reproduce with exactitude the basic thinking of our culture. Squares represent the relation among the universe, the earth, and humanity; the four cardinal points and the four angles of the universe are found in the symmetry of the corners. It shows the equilibrium and balance of the cosmos.
Fitomorfic symbols, depicting plants, flowers, and vegetables, are used to develop a consciousness and appreciation of the environment in all its aspects, since it is from its interaction with humanity that our Maya culture emerged. And this richness doesn’t belong to just one person but to the collective world as all of humanity is on the same path.
Without a doubt, it is through zoomorphic symbols that understand the fauna of the Maya region and its relations and co relations with human life; many times it is animals that orient us to discover the secrets of nature.
Anthropomorphic symbols, the inclusion of human figures in our weavings, emphasize the concept that people, the base of society, should have a clear and objective notion of the cosmos, of nature, and the world, before they tell how this society, the people of corn, should be.
These symbols – geometric, fitomorfic, zoomorphic, and anthropomorphic – are the pictographic or ideographic characters that communicate the brotherhood and indivisibility of the Maya nation with the cosmos.
Below you can see a photo of a traditional huipil (our blouse) from above.
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