Galbain: cycle of life zapotec rug

Galbain: cycle of life zapotec rugSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6x5ft Weaver: Rosa Sosa Materials and methods. Criollo sheep wool natural dyed with b (cochineal). Hand woven on a walking Zapotec loom of the 16th century style using a 7 threads per in reed and wool rayon blend for the warp. Patterns and symbols: the cycle of life pattern in the center of the rug is the symbol one gets by joining both hands at the tips of the fingers similar to a mudra. This union represents the balance of the

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There are towns in Mexico where they keep the bones of their deseased relatives and pull them out to clean them and honour them during dia de muertos

Many volunteers hike up to the mountains and help tend and steer the fire towards safe zones

wild turkey

each direction has its own character and nature

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

This design rug is based on the classic stripes of the early 1900 blankets

Mountains have been guding our walk on earth since the last Ice Age Maximum when we followed their peaks to find safe places to reside leading us to ancient lakes where other animals were fed and nurtured by the earth and the sky

En nuestro pueblo mantenemos las historias del Beniduush (Nahual) DCrescencio que fué un líder que luchó por mantener la autonomía de nuestras tierras ancestrales durante la revolución Mexicana al igual que Zapata

Acrílico sobre tela

This is a classic rug pattern that hasn't changed much for hundreds of years

and so complete their cycle of life and death