Wednesday, April 16, 2014

The second village we toured today was Zinacantan.  The ladies in the village wear a highly embroidered shirt and cotton skirts.  At one home they showed us the kinds of weaving that are actually done in their village.  Some things in the markets come from Guatemala and even India or China.  We sampled some tortillas with ground pumpkin seed before going back to look at their church.  They were just beginning a ceremony inside.  As young boys laid down a carpet of rose petals statues of saints covered in cloth were taken from the church and paraded around the outside courtyard.  The statues were covered because the devil is on the loose at this time of Lent.

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