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“Alfombras de Aserrín: Una tradición de Guatemala” / “Colorful Sawdust Carpets: A Guatemalan Tradition”

A new Hola Cultura video by Paula Góngora Salazar

As part of our Indigenous D.C. project, celebrating the native cultures of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, we present this new video about the making of a sawdust carpet at the 50th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival in July 2017.

Thank you/Gracias to the artists, our team of volunteers and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and curator Olivia Cadaval

Los artistas/the artists of Viajeros de las Americas: Ubaldo López, Vinicio Cabrera, Astrid García, David López, & Jhony Vargas.

Video y edición de Paula Góngora Salazar. Fotografías de Yolanda Alcorta. Música de marimba de Guatemala Luna de Xelaju.

Astrid García
Artistas Jhony Vargas & Ubaldo López
They also use sencils AKA "moldes."
Vargas, García & López before the completed work.
The dye stains the hands.
The artists sketch by hand to make the scenes.
It was commissioned by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Photos copyright Paula Góngora Salazar, all rights reserved

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