Bricks change color from tan to orange when fired in this kiln at local brick factory on road to Lake Atitlan
Brick factory makes bricks by crushing tan clay, mixing with water, shaping in molds, and sun-drying before baking in kiln
Streets are crowded on Friday, market day in Solola, Guatemala where a bus blocks our way
Most people in Solola on market day are Cakchiquel Indians in native dress
In farming areas, people wear traditional Mayan clothes every day, woven in different colors for each village in Guatemala
Cemetery with brightly covered monuments near Solola. Graves are often reused by relatives
Lake Atitlan is surrounded by five volcanos and 15 villages of indigenous Maya Indians, many of them weavers
Mayan woman selling woven goods in Panajachel, along shores of Lake Atitlan
We visited a weaving shop in the yellow building in this village on Lake Atitlan
Date: 10/12/05 Views: 1610