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Amatenango del Valle
Amatenango del Valle

altos, Artesanías, July 2012 | gch ®, Sin categoría

Amatenango del Valle

A Tzeltal town that transforms clay into art with it´s magic

Amatenango del Valle called in its original language Tzoíontajal “The town of the female potters”. It is located over a little elevation that dominates a fertile valley covered with corn fields.

In the art & handcrafts there is still the use of pre-Hispanic methods in the process of creating pottery and it is famous for the clay pieces that the female potters model by hand and then they cook them in the open with logs showing that with this technique a strong pre-Hispanic upward trend.

Pots, bowls, urns, pitchers, plates, jugs, jars, […]

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Taller Leñateros a combination of fiber, color and textures
Taller Leñateros a combination of fiber, color and textures

June 2012 | gch ®, Sin categoría

Taller Leñateros a combination of fiber, color and textures

Right by San Cristobal de las Casas, you will find the Lenateros Workshop. At this magical place leaves and seeds are transformed in a great variety of items along with recycled materials and natural fibers.

The Mexican poet Ambar Past founded this workshop in 1975. The objective is to document, and spread the cultural values of the locals, the songs, literature, and crafts and to rescue things and traditions that are about to disappear like the extraction of color from plants.

The lenateros create, show, invent new things and work in different ways to make handcrafted paper, notebooks, solar silkscreen, wood engraving and painting with plants. The organization is pro environment, recycle and to create work of art.

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Hammocks, hands, soul and magic
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Hammocks, hands, soul and magic

April 2012 | gch ®, Sin categoría

Hammocks, hands, soul and magic

These are an Example of the work of artisans in Chiapas, with a careful design and unsurpassed quality thanks to years of practice and improvement, Berriozabal leads the State at the creation of hammocks there are of all types, shapes, sizes, colors and materials.

FUN FACT: The history of Berriozabal begins in a ranch founded by Ponce de Leon brothers, than in the times of present Berriozabal becomes to be a centennial city

The word Hamaca (Hammock ) comes from the Nahuatl Language and It means: to rest, but It will not just let you rest but It also gives you the pleasure and the comfort so different from what you […]

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas
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San Cristóbal de Las Casas

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Colonial city that is located at 2,200 m above sea level in the central highlands of the state of Chiapas, México. This city was founded on march 31, 1528 by Captain Diego de Mazariegos, who sets the Ciudad Real de Chiapa of the spanish. It has a population of 185,917 inhabitants*. Named after the bishop Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, defender of the natives of the place during the sixteenth century and inspired the new faith in the “New World”.

It´s a city full of cultural tradition, for it´s mix of indigenous and spanish customs. It´s also a cosmopolitan city, consequently […]

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