Learn how we do our carvings, baskets, embroideries, calabashes, and jewelry. See this movie "how to make a basket out of jipijapa".

Whenever you come to visit our Maya Centre Women's Group gift shop, you would walk through shelves, full of uniquely made arts from each of our members. Each item represents hours of a mopan maya woman's handwork. Every day we would be feeding our family, taking care of our children and do every work, that needs to be done at our home. Between going washing in the creek, cleaning the house and backing the baby, we would find time for us and our creative art. For one women it would be slate carving, for another a basket, a designed calabash, jewelry, an embroidery or sewing of clothing. We learn our art as a young girl usually from our na' (mother) or na'chin (grandmother), so the specialties of our handicraft continues inside our family.
For special symbols and designs we would use ancient Maya gods, the Maya calendar and national animals and flowers of Belize.
Whichever art you would be holding in your hand, it is a part of a Maya woman's life.