Tweets about Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik We've posted 58 Tweets about this exhibition since it opened.

Learn more about "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN This tweet was posted on January 03, 2018.

"It is very important to learn to weave because it signifies not losing our culture. Because if we do not do our weaving, the culture is lost." —Celia Sántiz Ruíz, Past President, Jolom Mayaetik #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 03, 2018.

“To be an artisan, to be a weaver signifies tradition, the culture. We wear our dress. I never have taken it off." —Celia Sántiz Ruíz, Past President, Jolom Mayaetik #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 03, 2018.

Learn more about "Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on December 20, 2017.

On Pantelhó's traditional huipils, toads, stars, and other symbols are either woven or embroidered in vibrant colors onto the stripes in vertical columns. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on December 19, 2017.

Pantelhó's traditional huipil design features narrow, alternating stripes of red and white, decorated by multicolored bands of embroidery around the neckline and embroidered chevrons at the sleeves. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on December 19, 2017.

Pantelhó, #Mexico is home to communities of Tzotzil-speaking #Mayan artisans who weave distinctive, backstrap-loomed textiles. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on December 19, 2017.

While the meaning of the feathered cross is lost to time, its design survives in weaving as a representation of #Mayan antiquity. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on December 07, 2017.

Art found in ancient sites throughout the #Chiapas highlands preserves images of early attire and the oldest symbols utilized in contemporary #Mayan weaving. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on December 07, 2017.

Learn more about "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN This tweet was posted on November 25, 2017.

The toad, or sapo, is an important symbol in Mayan weaving. The sapo symbolizes fertility and life in Mayan culture. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on November 25, 2017.

The universe is central to Mayan mythology and often appears in traditional weaving. Illustrated by a diamond motif, its four sides represent the boundaries of space and time. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on November 25, 2017.