First, I want to show you a video of me weaving.
I have been weaving for about three years--since I was 11.
I have been weaving for about three years--since I was 11.
It's fun because you get to pick the colors and the design.
In the video, I am making a new blouse for my traje, which is the traditional suit that all the girls and ladies in my town wear here.
It takes me about three months to complete a weaving like this. I am getting close to finishing it!
Do you like it?
Here are some answers to your questions.
I don't have internet access or a computer at home and it's not very common in my town. So I don't go on the internet very often and it costs money when I do! When I go online, I like to play games!
An American who lives in my town has been reading me your comments. She translates them from English into Spanish for me and prints out the pages from the Web site. I like to see the pictures of my family.
I am so happy that you are all reading this. I feel like I have friends all over the world!
About the Worry Dolls. They are called Quita Pena in Spanish. I don't have any of them and they aren't traditional in my town. But my mom said that kids in another part of Guatemala called Solola have them. Kids tell the dolls their worries at night and put them under their pillow. In the morning the dolls have taken their worries so they are all gone!
In the video, I am making a new blouse for my traje, which is the traditional suit that all the girls and ladies in my town wear here.
It takes me about three months to complete a weaving like this. I am getting close to finishing it! Do you like it?
Here are some answers to your questions.
I don't have internet access or a computer at home and it's not very common in my town. So I don't go on the internet very often and it costs money when I do! When I go online, I like to play games!
An American who lives in my town has been reading me your comments. She translates them from English into Spanish for me and prints out the pages from the Web site. I like to see the pictures of my family.
I am so happy that you are all reading this. I feel like I have friends all over the world!
About the Worry Dolls. They are called Quita Pena in Spanish. I don't have any of them and they aren't traditional in my town. But my mom said that kids in another part of Guatemala called Solola have them. Kids tell the dolls their worries at night and put them under their pillow. In the morning the dolls have taken their worries so they are all gone!
Keli that is really neat!!!! I learned how to weave baskets last summer. When I was 13. I think it would be cool how to weave cloth.
Please keep blogging.
Elizabeth :)
I really wish I could weave! It sounds fun. Whats the best thing you have ever weaved? I hope you finish your blouse soon. Good luck!
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WOW!!
I never knew people in Guatemala could weave so perfectly!
I really enjoyed the video!
that is so cool
IS that easy.where you get it.did you learn it.
Hey, this is Alexis and Liccia. Do you have a playground at your school? We do. It has swings and slides and a basketball court. There are also monkey bars. We enjoyed learning about Guatemala. Goodbye!
my friend has brought me back presents from near where you live worry dolls like mentioned and a woven bag i hope to visit there one day i would never believe that a kid could learn haw to weave so good in just three years i could never weave as good as the pictures shown
Hoo! I think will be very hard!
that is really neat, but i think weeving will be hard
Is it hard to weave? What do you do at school? Are you an only child?
I wish I could weave that well!
What kind of animals do you have where you live?
November 9, 2009
Dear Keli,
What is your favorite food? We like pink. What colors do you like? My teacher's name is Mrs. Sankal. What is your teacher's name? We read that you like Latin music. What song do you like?
We have chores, too. Yaire helps take care of her little brother and Maria picks up papers and books. What are your friends' names?
Thank you for being our friend!
Bye for now,
Maria and Yaire
what were you weaving? i loved the colors! and the design was pretty, too!