A Guatemalan Family Cooking Pepian & Making Tortillas
A tradtional Guatemalan family cooking Pepian and making tortillas.
A tradtional Guatemalan family cooking Pepian and making tortillas.
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.
The Guatemalan woman in this photo is making thread from cotton.