Traje: Women and Weaving in Guatemala
Traje looks at the transmission of culture and identity via weaving and the wearing of ‘traje’ in Central America.
'Traje’ refers to the customary clothing of 28 Mayan language groups strewn across Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. These colourful items are hand made with the use of a simple backstrap loom then painstakingly embroidered with designs, symbols and stories that date back to antiquity. The clothing is created and worn almost exclusively by Mayan women, who are the guardians of the tradition. Today, the pressures of changing values, global economies, and discrimination are threatening the Mayan weaving practice. But Mayan women of all walks of life are resisting the homogenising effects of western culture.
Traje tells the story of three Mayan women who weave and wear their traditional dress with pride.
2006 India Social Forum, New Dehli, India
2006 Other
Worlds are Breathing Australia, Brisbane, Australia
2006 TRI Continental Film Festival, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,
Chennai and Kolkata, India
2005 Other Worlds are Breathing, Porto Allegre, Brazil
and Travelling Package
2005 Latin American and Caribbean Filim Festival, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA
TRAJE
Mujeres y Tejidos en Guatemala / Women and Weaving in Guatemala
Con / With
Nic'te Sis Iboy
Vilma Lourdes Lopéz
Maria Chitíc
Equipo / Team
Narration: Carlos Gonzalez
Camera / Editing: Phoebe Hart
Translation: Erika Pinerios
Audio Post: Heath Storrie
Narration: Carlos Gonzales
Music: Sobrevivencia
Grabado en Guatemala - Cortado en Australia - Hecho en Tierra
Shot in Guatemala - Cut in Australia - Made on Earth
