Made by hand and/or traditional backstrap loom, the pieces can take years to produce
by the El Reportero‘s news services
A fashion designer from Chiapas has shown off his creations in the Big Apple at a New York Fashion Week event.
The indigenous Tzotzil designs of Alberto López Gómez, a native of the municipality of Aldama, were worn by runway models at the “American Indian Fashion Through the Feathers 2020” show in the New York borough of Staten Island on Sunday.
Among the garments presented were embroidered huipiles, as traditional loose-fitting tunics are known, and brightly colored dresses. All the pieces are made by hand and/or telar de cintura (a traditional backstrap loom) and can take years to produce, according to López.
The 31-year-old designer is the creator of the clothing brand K’uxul Pok, which means “living garment” in Tzotzil, a Mayan language spoken by the people of the same name.
López designs both women’s and men’s clothing for the brand as well as household items such as cushions and tablecloths. Some 150 women work with him to help make his vision a reality.
Announce the Mud Fair in Tenancingo
It is one of the most important traditions of the town
This Municipality is ready to receive the 2020 Jug Fair, one of the most important traditions of the range of handicrafts offered in the town.
The mud festival will take place from Feb. 24 to March 8 and will be installed every year on the Pablo González Casanova road.
The fair will start with Ash Wednesday to be held on Feb. 26, where clay, ceramic and porcelain crafts are exhibited by the magical hands of artisans from different states of the Mexican Republic.
In this fair you can admire and buy from a casserole for the mole, to a vessel to decorate the most intimate of your home, as well as different figures to exhibit in the meadows and gardens.
It is said that this tradition has already several decades in this municipality, because in remote times the pilgrims who went to Chalma slept in Tenancingo and there they sold clay crafts to cover their expenses.
Pedro Almodóvar, the great winner of the Goya awards with Dolor y Gloria
He will compete for the Oscar for best international film and represent Spain at the Ariel awards
MÁLAGA, Spain.- Pedro Almodóvar was the great winner of the 34th edition of the Goya of Spanish cinema by crowning his living will Dolor y Gloria with seven statuettes, including best film, best direction and best original screenplay.
Very close to the end and fairly distributed, the Goya opted in the final stretch for Dolor and Gloria, who won seven awards: best film, direction, original script, starring actor (Antonio Banderas), secondary actress (Julieta Serrano), Music (Alberto Iglesias) and editing.
It is the third time that Almodóvar has made the double of best film and best director after All about my Mother and Back.
