Shaan beu'u quieadain beæz: moonrise over the Jaguar Mountain simple living

Shaan beu'u quieadain beæz: moonrise over the Jaguar Mountain simple livingSize: 40x100cm; 16in by 3ft Weaver: Belen Bautista Price: 140USD Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool spun in the mills of Tianguistengo. Hand dyed yarns by Leonor Lazo using natural dyes: Yauhtli (Tagetes lucida) and Xiuhquilitl (Indigofera Suffroticosa). Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed and wool rayon blend for warp. Design, patterns and symbols. This rug

If you buy copal you must make sure that is coming from sustainable and ethical sources and that you use it consciously for the most sacred aspects of life and death

that dressed us before learning how to cultivate and weave with cotton

And when we die we are buried under the shade of the big Yag Chei (tree of life) so that our spirit can start its journey into the underworld where the tree has its roots

Not always in the earth:

Zapata fué un gran líder que siempre luchó por el beneficio de los demás antes que su propio beneficio

Criollo sheep wool spun and woven in pedal looms in Santiago Tianguistengo

The navel is the center that unifies this forces

Size: 152x240

This water represents the water snake that descends to the earth to bring water to our land

the nopal produced cochineal

Weaver: Francisca Hipolito

Weaver: Camerino Bautista