Petra Godesa

Weavers of Guatemala

Posted on October 20, 2018April 23, 2020 by pgodesa

The textile cooperative is an association of women for artisan development in backstrap loom weaving. Founded in 1988, Trama Textiles consists of 400 women, forming 17 groups of weavers from five different regions in the western part of the Guatemalan highlands: Sacatepéquez, Sololá, Quiché, Quetzaltenango, and Huehuetenango. Developing from co-dependent first steps, the cooperative is…

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