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, October 4, 2012
Perfect Shawl for Fall
We really do enjoy experimenting with different colors. This combination -- of rust with hunter green in our Delfina weave -- came out perfect for fall in the United States. Here in Cajola we do not have a season called fall. We have a season we call summer which is the cold and dry season, November through March; and we have a season we call winter which is warm and very rainy, April through October. But our warm and our cold are not too far apart. In the cold season it can get to the low 30's at night and in the 70's in the afternoon; in the warm season it is in the 50's at night and might be in the 80's in the afternoon. But we like to work towards your market, so here we are ready for fall!
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