Tag Archive for: Mayan Weavers

San Antonio Aguas Calientes Weaving Cooperative

Guatemalan Mayan Weavers Fighting Protection

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Mayan Weavers Movement in Guatemala is made up of “The Feminine Association for the Development of Sacatepéquez”, is a group of women textile producers from the Sacatepéquez department. Currently, the laws of Guatemala do not protect the intellectual property rights of the designs of Indigenous clothing.
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Guatemala Mayan Textiles History

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Guatemala Mayan Textiles History, Ethical Fashion Guatemala, preserving the Mayan Textiles a challenge. Tourism has created a change for the country, however in villages around Lake Atitlan popular for tourists fakes abound.
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Textiles from Guatemala

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The textiles from Guatemala are of great artistic quality—true works of art. The Mayas used toothpicks to draw and dyed them with their special pigments