Doña Maria Vasques passes away

Sep 01

Maria Vasques, Aldea artisan

1947 – 2009

Maria Vasques, mother, grandmother, and Aldea artisan passed away the 26th of July, after suffering from what most of her community believed to be a form of stomach cancer. Doña Maria was truly an asset for Aldea, patiently sharing her wisdom at each group meeting and helping us establish and fortifying the artisan group in San Juan, la Laguna, Guatemala. Our best memory of Doña was from the filming of Aldea’s weaving video, during which time she tried to ‘teach’ us how to weave. She told us, “you know, weaving is really pretty easy… once you know how.”

Maria Vasques served as an Aldea artisan since the beginning, weaving beautiful handmade fashion accessories

We truly hope that she is in peace, resting with her ancestors in Paradise. And we thank her for the time she spent with us.

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