Ni baluí dbealaà: teachings from my sisters mezcal

Ni baluí dbealaà: teachings from my sisters mezcalSize: 80x150cm 2. 6x5ft Weaver: Leonor Lazo Gonzlez Materials and methods: Criollo sheep wool spun in the mills of Tianguistengo. Hand dyed using natural dyes: B (Dactylopius Coccus), Yauhtli (Tagetes lucida) and Xiuhquilitl (Indigofera Suffroticosa). Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed and wool rayon blend for warp. Design, patterns and symbols. This rug depicts the

The elders that survived carry on the stories and teachings that we treasure and will keep for the future generations

and would put themselves in life and death situations in a controlled way

I wanted to check on her since I knew she had some symptoms since the last time we went for a temazcal

The fifth pointed cross on this rug is a symbol that has been used to depict the movement of the sun in the sky but it also represents the balance of the four directions in our existence in this cardinal plane

In Dishzaa (Zapotec) we call testicles

Nía is the word for clean

They saw themselves as part of this web of life not apart from it as an entity to be managed

From the navel downwards we have our kidneys

Price: 300USD

for instance

the mother earth goddess wears her skirt of snakes

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