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Maya Women Weavers

Watch the OMEC produced video of Maya Women Weavers Cooperative by independent filmmaker, Mitch Mattraw
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​OMEC MAYA WOMEN WEAVERS PROJECT
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​Project Directors: Lis Traphagen and Jeff Eissfeldt
Project Assistant: Nadine Majano
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​Purchasing Woven Maya Textiles
You can find the women’s weaving co-op handmade textiles (100% natural dyes and organic cotton) at events that support and reflect OMEC’s mission or shop directly at www.woven-gt.com. 100% of sales proceeds go to the women and the cooperative.

Community Entrepreneurship through Work and Art
OMEC began a partnership with the Women’s Weavers of Casa Flor Ixcaco during the April 2018 Guatemala trip with Llyn Cedar Roberts. It was an auspicious event for these two organizations to view their potential work together. The women were thrilled when we (OMEC) offered our assistance. Casa Flor Ixcaco’s main representative stated, “We’ve known the right nonprofit organization would come along for us to work with”.
 
OMEC recognizes Casa Flor Ixcaco as an authentic women’s co-op with a mission aligned with OMEC in encouraging a sacred and responsible relationship with the Earth as well as honoring and preserving ancient ancestral wisdom. You can find the women’s weaving co-op handmade textiles (100% natural dyes and organic cotton) at events throughout the country that support and reflect OMEC’s mission. The women acknowledge the positive energy they transmit to the world through their back-strap loom weaving, as passed down from Maya ancestors.
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More about the Maya Women Weavers
Casa Flor Ixcaco was founded in 1996 by Teresa Ujpan Perez. At seven years of age, Teresa was sent to the southern coast of Guatemala to pick cotton when her family fell upon economic hardship. She took with her a back-strap weaving loom that would ultimately become the vehicle for her livelihood.  Teresa Ujpan Perez spent years learning how to work with the Earth and by the 1980s had mastered how to cultivate and spin cotton.
 
In 1996, she organized five women in the community to found Casa Flor Ixcaco. Today this women’s weaving co-op provides a livelihood for over 100 community members and stands as a direct source of economic activity for 34 women. The women explain that as they weave, they are working with ‘the energy’ – the energy of nature and the Earth and of the feminine womb, which they radiate out to the world through their textiles.
 
Dedicated to Authenticity
Casa Flor Ixcaco makes all their products with 100% organic cotton grown in the local mountain, using age-old techniques to turn the cotton into threads for weaving. All natural color dyes are used from plants, flowers, trees, and spices, no chemicals, to help preserve the environment. All methods used in creating the fabrics, and the understandings of how to transmit energy through their weaving work with the backstrap loom, have been passed down from their ancestors for many generations and are dedicated to continuing and preserving the tradition.

You can also donate directly to OMEC and its Indigenous Projects at the tab below. You will receive a tax deductible receipt for your donation. Thank you for helping to preserve the ancient wisdom traditions of indigenous people.
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  • Home
  • EVENTS
    • Programs and Workshops
    • HEARTH Circles
  • Projects
    • About OMEC Projects
    • Maya Projects >
      • Maya Sacred Fire Fund
      • Maya Women Weavers
      • Maya Healing Book
      • Maya Culture Book
    • Siberian Projects >
      • Siberian Film Project
      • Siberian Myths and Legends
    • Land Projects >
      • Pillar Point Honoring
      • Vernooykill Land Project
    • Johnny Moses Storytelling
    • HEARTH Circles
  • TRIPS & Workshops
    • Sacred Maya Journey: Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Highlands
    • HOH RIVER VALLEY & RAINFOREST Retreat
    • Nature-Inspired Writing Workshop
    • Stories from the Earth Workshop
  • Donate
  • Books
  • About Us
    • OMEC PURPOSE
    • Meet our Team
  • Gifts
    • Win a Drum!
    • Art Give-Away
    • free shamanic journey
  • INSPIRATION