The indigenous Mayan women of the province of Sololá, near Lake Atitlán, in Guatemala, continue to weave their traditional blouses, shawls and skirts from handspun and naturally-dyed wool on backstrap looms. Yolanda lives in the small village of Chavacruz, 12 kilometers from the main market town of Sololá where she sells her handloomed textiles. The community was devastated during the civil war from 1970 to the 1980s and many women were left as widows. During this time, her mother formed the weaving cooperative, Wajxa ib Kan, which means the number eight – referring to the eight founding widows. The daughters have now joined the widows to help with the weaving, as well as translating and interpreting from their native Kakchique language to Spanish