Shtiíp Galbaín: the strength of life joy of life

Shtiíp Galbaín: the strength of life joy of lifeSize: 130x200cm; 4. 2x6. 5ft Weaver: Clemente Mendoza Antoo Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with colorfast aniline dyes using an exhaustive method. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed. Design, patterns and symbols. Thisrug is woven with a stripde pattern that represents the energy lines that our ancestors used to describe probably what we

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The center figure has the Tobaco pattern with the eye of the feathered serpent in the middle

Her son Justino has become an accomplished weaver too

There is a comittee that is elected every two years to keep an eye on fires in the mountains

Materials and methods: Criollo sheep wool hand dyed with colorfast aniline dyes in an exhaustive method

this tree is called Ya'ax'che which is a ceiba tree that has nine levels in the branches of the sky

which literally means the calm and immense waters

For our people

it is not so much how good a hunter is

Leaft cutter red ants are the first farmers

the flowered snake

smiling and laughing are actions that make our energy field vibrate and move energy around our bodies like rivers move water