Trini at left wove two mini hammocks to show Kathleen and I the process. First she wove the blue, white and brown one for Kthie and then insisted on making one for me too with one of her bright colors. martine at right wover all the huipiles for her famiy members. Huipiles in this town were originally brgundy but teh story goe that an American commissioned a huipi from a local weaver in turquoise and greens, that the weavers fell in love with these colors and that decided to change their traditional colors for these.


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