The Guatemalan woman in this photo is making thread from cotton. The cotton is pulled and spun creating a continuous thread that is then dyed and finally used to create the beautiful huipils that we offer to you on this website.
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.
Guatemalan families often incorporate corn into their meals in the form of tortillas.
Lidia Lopez is teaching a class on how to weave on the backstrap loom.
Guatemalan people celebrating ‘Feria de Panajachel,’ a festival held every October.
Lidia Lopez teaching visitors how to set up and weave on a backstrap loom.