Textiles From Guatemala

Guatemala is a country distinguished by its beautiful textiles, for its colorful fabrics and its manufacturing and embroidery processes, the garments that are outstanding for women are Huipil, rebozo, perraje, tocado, for mens are camisa, morral, gorro.
What else is the antagonism of Guatemalan textiles are the colors, art, designs. All the textiles are used in Guatemala for their beauty and utility, they are also used by tourists and foreigners who visit the country. The textiles the most prominent are the fabrics, ceramics, carpentry, manufacture of candles, leather, jade, forged iron, the main ones are fabrics such as typical suits are known as Huipil, these are very well-known at the level national for its elaboration by hand and creative embroidery, each design, or is related to the people of origin and has a symbol inherited by the ancestors. There are wooden textiles like the production of furniture, toys, musical instruments, cobras, masks, small animals, etc. Some of the departments where these types of textiles are made are Quiche, Totonicapan and Chichicastenango. Totonicapan has the specialty to manufacture
Textiles such as hand-made saints, virgins or angels that are then painted, in Quetzaltenango and Huehuetengo, the production of marimba

Guatemala’s textiles have anesthetic technique, craftsmen transfer an idea to the fabric, a job that can not be compared as it is done by hand. Textiles that require more time and dedication are geometric figures, floral, embroidery applications among others. This makes the textiles of Guatemala unique and innovative pieces and is an art that is transmitted from generation to generation.

To make a woven fabric it is necessary to prepare a minimum week and it is a technique that requires practice and knowledge of the use of colors, figures and its meaning, artisans make their textiles with strong colors and embroidery so that people find it attractive.