This is a woman with her two young girls dressed in traditional Guatemalan clothing. The tops women wear are called huipils. They are made from panels of textiles handwoven on a backstrap loom. Each huipil is unique and decorated with intricate brocade designs.
Lidia Lopez is teaching a class on how to weave on the backstrap loom.
Women in Guatemala begin weaving by creating a ‘warp’ out of yarn. They wind the yarn around pegs on a warping board, crossing the strings in the middle to create a striped pattern. The warp is then attached to the bars of the loom and they are ready to begin the weaving process.
This is JoAnn Paulsen at the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Dress in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Feria Panajachel takes over the town every October to celebrat Saint Francis of Assisi.
Lidia Lopez teaching the art and techniques of backstrap loom weaving.
The Guatemalan woman in this photo is making thread from cotton.