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, July 5, 2012
Our New Summery Towels & Matching Apron
We are pleased to show you our new towels & a matching apron. Our weaver Elicia designed this stripe, so we have named it “Elicia’s Stripe”. The stripes include lots of white, with brick red and lime yellow dominating. (Of course we are thinking of summer in the USA, because summer for us is in December and January, and is cold and dry.) Our embroidered motif symbolizes a woman in her capacity to bear children. In our cosmovision a woman is seen as complementary to men, with equal but different roles.
We have already listed our towels on Etsy: we will be listing the matching apron soon!
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