Maya weavers from Santa Catarina Palopó, Guatemala

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In April 2023, RAMM commissioned a film about the colourful clothing made by Indigenous Maya weavers.

Three women from the town of Santa Catarina Palopó talk about the importance of preserving their weaving practices, their heritage and their identity.

The film reflects a Guatemala connection of traditional Maya clothing within the museum’s ethnographic collection. Examples of these clothes can be seen by visitors in the new World Cultures displays. The Ancestral Voices project was supported by the Designation Development Fund, Arts Council England.

Weavers: Claudia Nimacachi Sajvin, Rosa Amelia López, and Marcelina.
Filmmaker: Edgardo Ayala

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