San Juan Weavers' Group*
Twenty Tz'utujil mayan women weave backstrap using Ikat or Jaspe, an ancient labor intensive technique of hand tying and dying threads in elaborate patterns. This beautiful and exquisite craft may been seen in products such as scarves, bags, shawls, table runners and pillows.

*We identify our groups by region, not their actual village for reasons of privacy and security.

Maya Expeditions supports the non-profit organization Maya Traditions. They have helped this group among other cooperatives to form and to continue. When you purchase their handmade Guatemalan products, you are helping the artisans in many ways.

First, the women receive payment for their work in accordance with the objectives of The Fair Trade Federation.

Secondly, Maya Traditions returns part of the profits earned in selling their goods in the US to their various funded projects.

The women assisted in the development of the projects, based on improving the quality of their lives. The projects include education and educating their children and helping to secure better health care for themselves and their families.