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.
Guatemalan women use raw cotton for weaving textiles. They prepare the cotton before spinning and dying it with natural dyes.
The women of Guatemala have worn the same traditional dress (called ‘traje’) for centuries. They have passed down the art of weaving these textiles through many generations.
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.
Huipils and textiles made by Mayan women in Guatemala are handmade. The thread is made by cleaning and spinning cotton.
This little girl from Guatemala is wearing traditional clothing and carrying worry dolls.
This woman is wearing a traditional style huipil and showing off her freshly baked pineapple upside down cake.