I am half Guatemalan and kiche Maya and I am learning the beauty of each region’s textiles and I was using my Abuelitas ikat as a coffee table cover the past month thinking it was a chamarra but feel embarrassed now that I understand more about the textile and art of my people.

Sounds like old Aramaic snd Syriac

Best_work❤

Bravo ❤

Natives like these could be the wealthiest people in the world, but Western culture and society took advantage of their arts and crafts.

Mayan women are so beautiful kind, and talented. shopping there was truly an amazing experience, & the prices were suprisingly low.

I have wondered for many years how fabrics like this were woven. Thank you for providing such a complete view of the process. I know how to make the four-edge selvedge, but not how small areas of so many colors can be created in a single piece. Along with bringing more respect for these women's work, hopefully it will help bring them the prices they and their weaving deserve.

Sectas? Mejor dicho. A medida que la luz del verdadero Cristo llega o alumbra ese lugar las tinieblas del diablo desaparecen….. Secta le llamas a la verdad de Cristo que ha convencido de pecado a los perdidos. VIVA CRISTO, VIVA EL EVANGELIO DE SALVACIÓN, abajo la religión pagana impuesta por roma

¿ Será que solo los extranjeros saben apreciar “ese gran gran arte ? Es un arte invaluable. Es un gran gran trabajo.

I wonder how much has changed in the 20 years since this was filmed.

This is wonderful. Thank you for making this video ❤❤

Hi I would like to make contact with Kathleen or the Endangered weavers please

En mi pueblo en huehuetenango el blancon ya está desapareciendo por las mujeres, ahora puro blusas modernas usadas por las más jóvenes y wuipiles de colores y de tela sintética por señoras mayores de 40

This exact style of weaving is common in Lamka (Northeast India).

Maravilloso❤

I've only ever tried backstrap weaving a few times for tablet weaving. It's not easy! These women deserve so much respect. Thank you for sharing!

Muy Bonito sus bestidos

Fascinating. I have wweavings from 70 and 80s. Totally love them

Siento muy feliz para las culturas Maya que tienen tanta savadiruria sobre el arte de tejido, bordar y mucho mas. Yo siento que fue un error de la gente oprimiendo y racismo de esta cultura. De no dejar que la cultura podria seguir con costumbres. Tanto para hacerles dano fisicamente. No es justo. Necesitamos la forma de este arte para dar nuestra lindas vidas color y animo. Deja que seguien ofreciendo nuestras vidas esta bellisima arte de color. Dios nos bendicio con tantos colores. Tanta bellesa. Bendiciones a todos. Espero encontrar ropa tan bellas como estas. ❤😊🙏

Esto si que vale la pena sin patrón sin nada copia de tejidoo ojala que estuviera Serca para comprar para mi madre

Beautiful and informative documentary. So inspired by this creative and resilient peoples.

Wow amazing skills ❤❤❤it 💯👍👍👍👍👍👍

Sra.seria amanle describir sus adornos en el cabello por favor,que son

un arte mal pagado y sus tejedoras explotadas y saquean su conocimiento

24:04 All those ... is there any videos on YT that demonstrate HOW to use all these things. Here, it's a whirlwind of motion, and regardless my knowhow of weaving, I just cannot wrap my head around how and what they're doing. I envy their speed at both what they're doing AND how fast they succeed in making my eyes fall out!!!

Heck I’m 79 now

Que trabajo y arte...sus huipiles son marivillosos.

Hermoso.

What is the music used? The one at end credits and the chichicastenango song.

JijijI

Hello.. my name is Pedro and I'm a backstrap weaver. And I know how to weave translucent weaving. But there is another way of weaving a translucent weaving without a backstrap loom. It's all done using only a long thin bone needle 🪡 it's like a nett but it's translucent and you can make designs without embroidery. And I believe I'm one of the last person to know how to do it. And I was born here in the United States. A lot that I know are from my grandparents... my family are from the highlands of Guatemala. From San Rafael La Independencia huehuetenango

Nice to hear from Chip

Bellísimo muchas gracias por compartir ❤ hermoso don el de tejer

Thank you all, please keep your Maya history live, THE MET New York should promote Maya culture. By helping the many weavers be made a professional status they deserve.

This is an amazing documentary!! My mom knows how to weave, and this made me want to learn more about my culture!

Spectacular! Thanks so much for making this very informative documentary!!!

This was so well done!!! Thanks everyone involved for your efforts. Very interesting!!

Absolutely Amazing!!! This was so enjoyable to watch! I will have to watch again so I can look at the weaving and not the translation. Thank you for your work you do. I hope you know how important it is to have this down for history. We so appreciate your efforts to record this.

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If people would pay these folks for their work instead of trying to cheap them down to a couple of dollars. If you can afford to vacation down there then you can afford to give these ladies what their craft is worth!

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those weavers may not be able to do regular math but they could tell you how much yarn they need for any project, formal education is useful but so is other knowledge. oh and its called being and artist, you use whatever techniques that fulfill your idea, be it by hand, on a floor loom, brocade, embroidered by hand, or machine.

So beautiful to see women dedicated to their art/work.

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People from my country works hard. They live from this art. It worth the time and the effort. Ending up with a beautyfull guipil. Keeping Maya identity.

Stellar video from so many people. Thankyou for sharinh.

I don’t like this. I really hope y’all are paying the Mayan women’s a good price for their hardworking Art, time and effort causes as I see in this video that hall don’t do anything to work like them but take there things away. I hope this isn’t abuse too because the Mayan people are not educated to do business especially if they have a family. Thumbs down! 😤 I don’t even see none of y’all make this and it has to be white people. #stopthis #leave the Mayanpeople Alone!

que historia mas bonita. Animos a todos los miembros de la comunidad!

Appreciate these videos yet once again they're profiting from Mayan weavers who should be paid every time the video is viewed.... were the weavers compensated for appearing in this video and the work they created?

I just started learning how to backstrap weave. Iv made 3 straps so far, very basic. And my gosh, it is so much work. What these Mayan women can do is truly beautiful and I know I can never do what they do, so much love and many props to them!!!