©2008 Bruce Muirhead
Mayan girl weighing beans
Chichicastenango market
Guatemala


Description:On a busy market day in the K'iche' Mayan village of Chichicastenango in the mountains of western Guatemala, this woman uses a simple balance scale to weigh black beans. Like many traditionally dressed Mayan Indians, she wears a colorful hand sewn huipil (pronounced "we-peel").


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