Guatemalan Woman Showing Huipils
This is Lidia Lopez showing the many huipils she has and telling what village they came from.
This is Lidia Lopez showing the many huipils she has and telling what village they came from.
This woman is wearing a traditional style huipil and showing off her freshly baked pineapple upside down cake.
Lidia Lopez is teaching a class on how to weave on the backstrap loom.
The Guatemalan women in this photo are wearing folded up ‘tzutes’ on their heads to shade their faces.
Guatemalan women wearing traditional clothing celebrating Holy Week.
Lidia Lopez is an expert in backstrap loom weaving. Here she is showing the different patterns used on huipils from the different villages around Guatemala.
Guatemalan women use raw cotton for weaving textiles. They prepare the cotton before spinning and dying it with natural dyes.