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 18, 2013
MayaMam Weavers Make it to Cajola Town Hall
We are very pleased to report that the mayor requested 200 meters of our design "Cajola huipil" to use as curtains in all of the town hall. Not only is that a great order, but everyone in Cajola will be able to see our work. We originally designed this fabric to go on our ergonomic benches, but it was so popular that we have made it into towels and aprons, men's vests, women purchase the fabric to make into huipils, and now, curtains for Town Hall. The picture shows Delfina cutting the fabric from the loom. And we were able to weave the entire 200 meters with only two warpings, using our new large warper. Now we are ready for anything!
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