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The Loss of San JuanEthical Fashion Guatemala

The Loss of San Juan

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For travelers planning to visit Guatemala, let me take you back to a time when San Juan La Laguna was a small, peaceful Mayan village. It was a place dotted with local artisan shops—coffee, chocolate, art, honey, and weaving—all genuinely crafted by the hands of Mayan families.
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.
Guatemala Mayan Textiles HistoryEthical Fashion Guatemala

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.
Textiles from GuatemalaEthical Fahion Guatemala

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