Yucatecan embroiderers stand out in textile art exhibition

Art and the preservation of cultural heritage as a way to boost the economic development of the Mayan-speaking communities of Yucatan was exposed among colors and textures in the Original exhibition, Meeting of Mexican Textile Art, in which more than a dozen embroiderers from municipalities and communities of the entity participated. This event was held from November 14 to 17 at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex, in Mexico City.

The representatives of Yucatán were part of this textile gala that shows how tradition becomes art through the clothing and ornamentation that accompanies it, in fabrics and embroidery.

Their presence was also a model of family and community work that they shared with solidarity with other artisan groups that attended the event. By understanding it themselves as a task of preserving the culture not only of Yucatán but of all the native peoples of the country.

This Yucatecan model was presented to federal authorities such as the Secretary of Culture of the Government of Mexico, Claudia Stella Curiel de Icaza, as well as representatives of official cultural institutions from other states in the country and the representation in Mexico of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science, and Culture (UNESCO).

The great attitude during the three days of the event made it possible to disseminate the way in which their activity impacts, as a metaphor for their embroidery, in reinforcing the social fabric of their localities to generate and rescue forms of community organization that favor coexistence and improve the living conditions of their families.

An example of this was the Stitch Exchange Workshop, Cross stitch, the main in Mexico, in which the Yucatecans exchanged embroidery and sewing techniques with their counterparts from other parts of the country to show the Mexican cultural wealth through a collaboration between the attendees. Participating as part of the Yucatecan delegation were the members of the State Council of Embroidery, Imelda Cocom, from Tekax; Cándida Jiménez, from Maní; Zelmy Domínguez, representative of Tekit; Aidé Acosta, from Abalá; Lidia Ucán, from Teabo; Mayra Chi, representative of Hoctún; Karen Itza Pat, from Kimbilá; María Dalila Casanova Ferráez, from Muna, and Anacleta Canul Noh, representative of Xocén.

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