1000places > PAPEETE, TAHITI - At a local craft center, a Tahitian woman weaves a basket.
1000places > SAN ANTONIO PALOPO, GUATEMALA - While many of the Maya textiles are the products of the traditional backstrap loom, a more mechanical loom is used for some of the weavings.  Here a young apprentice weaver perfects her weaving skills.
1000places > SAN ANTONIO PALOPO, GUATEMALA - The village is known for its exquisite weaving.  We climbed the hillside to a small mud-and-straw hut to watch this woman expertly work her traditional backloom.
1000places > ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - A local weaver displays her skills with the back loom in the courtyard of our hotel, the Posada Don Rodrigo.
1000places > CHINCHERO, PERU - Chinchero is nearly 12,000 feet high and in the cool mountain air, we appreciated the warmth of native alpaca wool.
1000places > CHINCHERO, PERU - Even as she concentrated on weaving her threads, this woman still could smile for her visitors.
1000places > CHINCHERO, PERU - It's a communal learning experience for these weavers as they practice an art more than 1,500 years old.
1000places > CHINCHERO, PERU - The weathered face of a woman who has spent her life in the high Andes.
1000places > CHINCHERO, PERU - The director of the Center for Traditional Textiles gave us an explanation of the steps involved in the traditional weaving process.
PAPEETE, TAHITI - At a local craft center, a Tahitian woman weaves a basket.

1000places > PAPEETE, TAHITI - At a local craft center, a Tahitian woman weaves a basket.
PAPEETE, TAHITI - At a local craft center, a Tahitian woman weaves a basket.

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