Guatemalan Woman Teaching Backstrap Loom Lesson
Lidia Lopez teaching the art and techniques of backstrap loom weaving.
Lidia Lopez teaching the art and techniques of backstrap loom weaving.
Lidia Lopez is teaching a class on how to weave on the backstrap loom.
Lidia Lopez teaching visitors how to set up and weave on a backstrap loom.
A tradtional Guatemalan family cooking Pepian and making tortillas.
Feria Panajachel takes over the town every October to celebrat Saint Francis of Assisi.
Guatemalan people celebrating ‘Feria de Panajachel,’ a festival held every October.
This is JoAnn Paulsen at the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Dress in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Guatemalan families often incorporate corn into their meals in the form of tortillas.
Lidia Lopez and her family demonstrate cooking a traditional Guatemalan meal called Pepian (also spelled Pipian.)
This is Lidia Lopez, a native Mayan woman from Guatemala, showing some of the textiles she has woven on a backstrap loom.