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.
The Guatemalan women in this photo are wearing folded up ‘tzutes’ on their heads to shade their faces.
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.
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.
Lidia Lopez describing the meanings of the patterns on a huipil from Patzicia, Guatemala.
Lidia Lopez teaching visitors how to set up and weave on a backstrap loom.