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, September 27, 2012
Something Beautiful Just for Cajola
As you know, we have been trying to develop our local market here in Cajola. We have created a new design for our traditional huipiles. Our huipiles are something like blouses, though they are unstructured. Here we are showing you the new fabric. Actually, there are two, one is just simple magenta and black vertical stripes, the other is more complex, using 4 treadles and a weft in yellow.
We will be presenting them at our local market for the first time on Sunday.
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