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A Visit Candelaria's Village, Santa Catarina
Palolpo,
Guatemala
Also
check out the
Huipils, Skirts
(corte),
belts
(fajas), and doll
clothes that
we have for sale from Santa Catarina Palopo.
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For many years Santa Catarina Palopo was a
quiet fishing village. Some of the old canoes or Cayucos still are
used. But then the fishery declined. People could
no longer make enough money fishing. |
| Farming became more important and so did tourism. Candelaria's Mama goes
to a neighboring village to sell her weavings to tourists almost every
day. |
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"Football" what we call soccer is the favorite game of
Candelaria's brothers when they aren't in school or working in the milpa
(small corn field).. |
| From the lake its a pleasant walk up the hill. |
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School was out, so the school yard hosted another football game. |
| Downtown Santa Catarina is a pretty quiet place. |
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We wandered into the church. Santa
Catarina is the patron saint of
the village. |
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Its then a long walk up a narrow path to Candelaria's house. Few
families have cars, so most of the homes are located along paths rather
roads. |
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