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Indigenous Women Weavers of Chiapas 

Calendar
When:
March 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
2023-03-11T12:00:00-05:00
2023-03-11T16:00:00-05:00
Where:
National Museum of the American Indian
4th St SW
Washington
DC 20560
Cost:
Free
Arts/Theatre Cultural

Indigenous Women Weavers of Chiapas 

Saturday, March 11, 12–4 p.m.

Master weavers and embroiderers Maria López Ruíz, Maria de La Luz Gómez Martínez, Anita Ara Pérez and Juana López Díaz of Los Altos de Chiapas, Mexico, will demonstrate the backstrap weaving technique and discuss their community-based work and experience improving the ethical production and trade of weaving products by Indigenous women’s cooperatives. Presented in collaboration with the Inter-American Foundation and NGOImpacto.

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