Splendor In The Highlands: Maya Weavers of Guatemala (English R1)

With brilliant colors and intimate views, Margot Blum Schevill introduces us to 22 Guatemalan weavers and their weaving styles and techniques. Both traditional back strap weaving for clothing and cloth, as well as floor loom weaving for decorative blankets, ribbons and yardage, are included, as is a visit to an ikat or jaspe dye workshop. Produced by the educational nonprofit Endangered Threads Documentaries.

[@chapinusmaximus4582]

Wow, I truly believe Guatemala deserves a more respected place in the world instead of being called criminals, thieves, rapists and gangsters; something they are not. These ladies deserve a lot not only for their talent when weaving; but, for their intelligence and hard work. I love to see humble and sincere people like Guatemalan Mayas. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video.

[@rustygold598]

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

[@i_ngep]

this documentary was so good. so impressed by all the beautiful weaving.

[@tlc1946]

Thank you so much for this video. I've searched many times to find the process of weaving Jaspe explained in English.

[@LVXMagick]

I absolutely love everything about this entire video, and the channel as a whole. This is beautiful, fascinating and priceless culture. I can't imagine the skill and patience this takes. They deserve a lot more money than $250 for several months work that's for sure! Thank you so much for making these videos and educating us about such amazing arts and culture. Best wishes to all the women and their families in these films and to everyone that helped make the videos. 🥰🙏

[@4odyssey645]

I truly admire the Mayan skills and maintaining their tradition.

[@jorgerobles628]

A beautiful video about an even more beautiful Art!!!!! It is a pleasant view to the eyes and souls that appreciate the dedication each one of these Crafters apply to their Creations!!!! God Bless, Guide and Protect, and give Long Life to these Marvelous Artists!!!

[@Wahots79]

When I was around 9yrs old I had the pleasure of staying with the Rabinal Achi in Guatemala for a month. While I was there, I was gifted a traditionally made shirt. I treasured it for many years until, during one of my many moves, it was stolen. I lived in a very rural area and there had been a very bad drought for several years. The women only had two such shirts during any given point. The one they were wearing and the one they were washing. At a certain age (I cannot remember the age) a girl would create her own personal design...and she continued to make the same design for herself throughout her life. I remember them all being very bright and colorful - very beautiful.

[@hectora3692]

I’m so proud to be Guatemalteco because my paisanas are very intelligent to do the art of sewing beautiful clothes by hand no machinery and still doing it . And teaching their kids how to do the . Art so generations by Generations will continue.

[@angelacarter6593]

Thank you, this was wonderful.

[@annepickard1717]

I’m so humbled by these wonderfully gifted women god bless them

[@dacyana115]

Wonderful but hard artistical work. God bless these hard working people. Thank you Endangered Threads for this good video.

[@user-vv3qd2fd5y]

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

[@is_that_rj]

Stumbled upon this today and my heart literally burst wide open. Thank you for traveling to share this very important and sacred tradition.

[@kelleangale7938]

Some years ago I traveled to Guatemala and visited Panajachel in the highlands. I was surprised at the beauty of the lake and volcanoes that surround it. There are many small shops that sell the beautiful traditional fabrics of the area. The amount of work and time it takes to create the traditional cloth of the country is daunting to see. The people live in extremely primitive poor conditions. A very real life, informative and interesting video.

[@IrinaBel5270]

Спасибо за ролик . Спасибо за то что я смогла окунуться в мир творчества и красоты . Это ведь такая усидчивость должна быть. Мне кажется я так не смогу . Браво мастерицам и мастерам . Дай Бог им всем здоровья и всех благ .

[@teresaamodia2745]

Por favor podrían traducir este video se l español?. Es muy interesante conocer el trabajo maravilloso de estas personas, gracias.

[@Silac2008]

Excelente y maravilloso trabajo

[@MirjaHPrivate]

Thank you for this beautiful introduction to Maya weaving!

[@RatrickPeilly]

I know extremely little to nothing about textiles and regrettably even less about the people of the Americas outside the USA. Nevertheless, I found this movie to be incredibly cool. Thank you so much to the people who made it and those who made it available for me to find. From time to time I need to be reminded by people who spend their lives perfecting their crafts, to focus on and continue to hone my own. I think the examples here will last me a long time. Thanks again!

[@endangeredthreads3966]

Thanks for these kind comments. We do these documentaries to give the weavers a voice and to record their history. Peace, Endangered Threads Documentaries

[@marisolplatt3347]

Love the hard and beautiful work all of these women put onto this clothing. Great presentation! Thank you !!!!!

[@violatekituyl1432]

Thank you for had working

[@ojoksimonstephen3555]

At Least I have got one very good very that I can use to inspire and teach my students the culture of weaving. Thank you the author.

[@smurph4959]

Such beautiful and intricate work 🌼 thanks for sharing 💗

[@user-fh3yk4mq6b]

Восторг. Браво. Такое чудо.

[@nl8256]

Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed this video very much. Beautiful work by beautiful people.

[@endangeredthreads3966]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[@seraphim1069]

These fine lady weavers should be models too: gosh they are so gorgeous!!! Thought of this as tourists take so many random photos without consent. Its horribly tragic how many traditionalists have to do "reenactment work" to afford their traditions in and of themselves.

[@alm_alb]

So inspirational. Makes me want to visit there just to watch them weave.

[@joshlynlloyd8700]

I like all of the beautiful colors and patterns, also the pictures woven into the fabric.

[@vanzperez3020]

i salute to these women.great job!!

[@erirosesan]

What a great documentary!!! Thank you for sharing this! :D

[@user-qz7tp2jk7n]

Это ген иально держать все схемы в памяти,никаких бумажек!

[@akeemwilliams9913]

Awesome work love it

[@raisajm1043]

Telar de cintura, técnica ancestral de Paracas Perú..

[@esylane]

Really impressive pieces of works and what a diversity of patterns! This is stunning!

[@endangeredthreads3966]

Thanks. Helps while slugging away at next one called "Sheer Elegance."

[@anthonyfig8687]

Very good video, i can't wait for the next video thank you.

[@islandgin8635]

1 work months work for 25$ thats sad so much work for so little pay

[@ojoksimonstephen3555]

I love this. It is very inspiring

[@nancybaldwin1811]

It's good that they have been able to keep their traditional weaving. Have to be careful of western influence. Once lost it's hard to get traditions back.

[@ugh7645]

Im native Guatemalan and we're still very in tack with our roots, most of this is because some native villages were exposed to western influence only a few generations back, although our villages are definitely at risk our history is still prominent

[@lanavalery4429]

Hi from Russia! Thanks for video :)

[@bluewhale_songs6762]

شكرا

[@user-qj5wo1rp9o]

好好看

[@nataleighjones4596]

I would love to learn to weave like that.

[@healthrecord508]

Their art is worth far more than what they're paid. So colourful and unique.

[@bishoyachanam2783]

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[@Cassidy1136]

Beautiful work!

[@endangeredthreads3966]

Thank you! More is coming, it just takes forever to get these pieces done. Stay tuned. Kathleen

[@serenapullen5878]

Can't express how much I enjoyed your film. Thank you times 1000 times. I think you are doing wonderful work in letting people see what wonderful fabrics these women make. I'm so impressed, I'd love to be able to make something nearly like that. But at my age, with painful hands and spine, I think I've left it a bit late... Do they have a co op to help them organise themselves? It seems such a shame that they have to work so hard and long.

[@joannecurrie6833]

I Would love to learn this her work is beautiful. its a shame that theres not many weavers around the uk .

[@taironevieira1288]

LINDO !! PARABÉNS !!

[@voichitadan4600]

❤❤❤

[@jeffreyashe5974]

Kathleen, Wonderful videos on the weaving. I mas in Solola just a few weeks ago. I should have purchased more. Great work you are doing to preserve this tradition. How did you get started. Un abrazo Jeff

[@endangeredthreads3966]

Jeff, What a nice surprise with my morning coffee! Thank you for your kind words. When I retired from IBM, I went out and bought editing software and an Apple computer. We were in Oregon, Paul teaching at the U, and me being a docent at the U museum. They had little docent training for their gorgeous Buddhist art collection, so I made short tapes with information from experts. Also made two documentaries on northwestern artists. When my mom died at 92, she left a 700 piece handwoven textile collection from around the world--some of which we had helped her collect in Central and South America. The old family home in northern CA was leaking like a sieve and had four-legged invaders threatening near the collection. So we worked fast giving it to UC Berkeley museum. Met a curator wanting to make a documentary on their early 1900 Maya collection, and the rest is history. All the best for the holidays. Kathleen

[@tachiza1]

Amazingly beautiful documentary!!! Thank you!!!! I hope the ladies charge at least!!! $300 more in top of the $25! It’s so cheap for the hard work 😓 I also wish to know if they work while pregnant? And if they do, do they have a different technique?

[@marthacarrillo905]

Im from guatemala..and they all decide if they want to weave while being pregnant. But some are scared that theyd be putting theyre baby in danger bc the weave comes near there stomach. Thats why they're partner can do other things to support the family

[@wandabridg5034]

I think is very interesting I like to learn how to do the looming and how do you make a loom if you want to make your own materials

[@angelicaroa7223]

Mis felicitaciones a todas estas preciosas personas que me han dejado con la boca abierta ,sus tejidos son maravilloso ,que Dios las bendigan siempre

[@adolfocaal7619]

Me gusta

[@antonibrawura4805]

PRZEPIĘKNE

[@trindal359]

Inspire me!

[@chimeforest]

So.. is that $25 US dollars? or local currency? Is this their household's only income? How much is their average monthly expenditure? I wish I knew more so I could put it into context better....

[@tm13tube]

I’d like to virtual shop.

[@luisagoribar4720]

One month of work $25 dollars :(

[@lucianaconceicao1181]

' Não

[@vickinixon9781]

Nnnj

[@juliebryan2549]

How really beautiful Art they are making. I think the women in the beginning, are getting ripped off. $25 per piece that is stealing these ladys in the end are getting $200 to $250 a piece. The white woman is stealing from them. Come On really. She setting more money and least $75 to 250 per piece. If they these lady's could sell them in say New York their pieces could go as high as a $1,000. Their children are getting educated so when they can

[@juliebryan2549]

They will be able to get a better price like the ladies in the end. If they got as buyer that would be honest and pay them what they are worth. Then they could have nicer thing or offer better education for the children. I want to get an address so I can get their Art pieces I would pay a lot better over $100. I am not rich but these are more in need then Iam. I would call the White woman and see what she is charging to buy their art. Of course these woman don't want to rock the boat and chance not having buyers. But they don't talk to each other? Yes they are different branchs but still. All that detailed work months of work they need And should betray at a starting $100. A piece. Everyone agree they are giving away their hard work. People should contact this woman and see how much she wants and if she is stealing from these hard working women some thing needs to be done. If the White lady charges over $100 she should back pay them back since she set it up. But I know what people could say huh these women are not educated ,enough to know any different. Or this lady has been so kind. If she is stealing how can she sleep at night knowing they have children to take care and pay for schools. You know what I mean? Ok sorry I get worked up at hearing people are being taken advantage Of. Someone needs to find out morw. It is a informative story and great history' of these women. Glad I watch and I will be talking and telling friends there is a really great documentary they need to watch. What great history that is being handed down. Great 30 minutes