In Soona Otomi we support women cooperatives by fair trading, paying fair prices to support their economy and to help them to keep this beautiful tradition alive. Otomi embroidery is a lost art practiced only by a small number of indigenous Otomi in the villages of the Sierra Madre. It can often take months to complete a single piece, which makes each completed piece the more special. Incorporate
colorful images of animals and native people. The real and mystical imagery of the textiles depict the Otomi cosmovision originally recorded in regional cliff drawings. One of the early complex cultures of Mesoamerica, the Otomi were likely the original inhabitants of the central Mexican altiplano before the arrival of Nahuatl speakers around ca. 1000 CE, but gradually they were replaced by Nahuatl peoples. We also have in our catalog Mayan pieces done by members from small communities in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. All our textiles are completely made with traditional methods , using materials such as wool , cotton yarn and natural dyes. This includes hand-woven fabric , which is made on backstrap looms . Embroidery designs are traditional also , because they contain ancient symbolic images of a syncretism of Maya and Christian worldviews.
