Two women worlds apart! That’s the story. This is the sort of thing we do all the time during the Antigua Photo Walks. In fact, here I was teaching how to anticipate photographs and tell stories by the juxtaposition of elements in the frame. Nothing was setup, I was simply walking around and I mentioned … Read more
I am not too sure this Guatemalan woman will be singing this popular song to bring on the rain, don’t you agree? Que llueva, que llueva Canción infantil Que llueva, que llueva La Virgen de la Cueva Los pajaritos cantan, Las nubes se levantan. ¡Que sí, que no, que caiga un chaparrón! Que siga lloviendo, … Read more
Everyone needs to take a break every once in a while, I am taking mine right now; best wishes for this new week and please take it slowly.
It looks like both teacher and student were having a great time while learning to weave the Guatemalan textile using the back-strapped loom.
Somethings are changing in the Guatemalan lifestyle. Others, luckily, remain the same, like hot-just-out-of-the-oven bread delivery in the rainy afternoons in La Antigua Guatemala. Here we see an indigenous woman purchasing some pan frances and sweet bread to prepare the afternoon “refa” (short for refacción or snack break), the only refacción some people got in … Read more
It is not unusual to find people selling handicrafts, furniture, orchids, telephones, pens and pencils and anything really; so it comes as no surprise to see an indigenous woman selling paintings with La Antigua Guatemala motifs. These costumbrismo paintings are done by local painters sitting on small stool right on the streets. I am sure … Read more
Guatemalan textiles is all the proof that you need that there’s harmony in chaos; don’t you think?
There are many complications when you take an adopted child from Guatemala to a foreign land and to a foreign culture. One complication could be that he or she will be marked as strange because of her Mayan traits and the dark color of the skin.
Hispanic and Indigenous children might be walking on uneven streets if they are taken to mostly white neighborhoods where racism and discrimination could part of their daily bread.