Welcome to San Antonio Aguas Calientes Weaving Cooperative
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Ethical Fashion Guatemala Provides Services
San Antonio Aguas Calientes Weaving Cooperative through this Web Site Ethical Fashion Guatemala, and the support of others including Grow your own cure, and Grupo mayanet providing the Weavers of Guatemala the opportunity for Free, of having the means to sell direct to a global market through the Internet. The contact form on this page is one example.
Grupo Maya Net is a Lake Atitlan Guatemala Internet Service Provider.
Cel. 5978-3672 Tel. 7762-2092 / 7762-2992
info@grupomayanet.com, tzulcarlos@gmail.com
Avenida Santander Centro Comercial el Patio Local No.6 Panajachel Solola
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San Antonio Aguas Calientes Weaving Cooperative use the same backstrap loom method of weaving that their mothers and grandmothers used for centuries to create beautiful textiles. Their weaving skills have been passed down through the generations from mothers to daughters and in some cases, to their sons.
The textiles that are woven in this small village are considered to be the finest in all of Guatemala.
Guatemalan woman weavers today use the same Backstrap loom method of weaving that their mothers and grandmothers used for centuries to create beautiful textiles. Their weaving skills have been passed down through the generations from mothers to daughters and in some cases, to their sons.
Weaving has been a way for many Guatemalan women to support their families.
Some of the finest back strap loom weaving in Lake Atitlan Guatemala is from San Juan La Laguna Lake Atitlan. The textiles that are woven in this small village are considered to be the finest in all of Guatemala.
While traditional native dress has disappeared in many parts of the world, Lake Atitlan Guatemala remains a place where the vast majority of the Mayan people still proudly wear their traditional dress, called traje. The women wear traditional huipiles (woven blouses) and cortes (long woven skirts ).