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.
A tradtional Guatemalan family cooking Pepian and making tortillas.
The Guatemalan woman in this photo is weaving on a backstrap loom, just as her Mayan ancestors have done for centuries.
Guatemalan people celebrating ‘Feria de Panajachel,’ a festival held every October.
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.
Feria Panajachel takes over the town every October to celebrat Saint Francis of Assisi.
Lidia Lopez is teaching a class on how to weave on the backstrap loom.