Guatemalan Sweet Bread and Baked Goods
Guatemala is known to have excellent breads and baked goods.
Guatemala is known to have excellent breads and baked goods.
The Guatemalan woman in this photo is making thread from cotton.
The Guatemalan women make thread out of raw cotton and wrap it around a yarn winder. This keeps the string from getting tangled as they weave it in and out of the pegs on a warping board.
This little girl from Guatemala is wearing traditional clothing and carrying worry dolls.
Huipils and textiles made by Mayan women in Guatemala are handmade. The thread is made by cleaning and spinning cotton.
This is JoAnn Paulsen at the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Dress in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The Guatemalan woman in this photo is weaving on a backstrap loom, just as her Mayan ancestors have done for centuries.