...We have a lot of different very old to new patterns we use for our traditional Maya blouse, called camisa, used along with the traditional skirt, the pic. The patterns are passed generation to generation in our families...
...To start the embroidery we remove every fifth string of the white, long cloth. The number of lines depend on the pattern...
...We embroider three different pieces of cloth. One for the collar, two smaller ones for the sleeves...
...With those pieces of embroidery and white cloth we sew our traditional camisa...
...Usually the embroideries are made out of black floss on the white cloth, but sometimes we also use different colours...
...As young girls we learn how to embroider and we have to practise on small pieces, sometimes on blouses for children, until we really can help our na'...
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