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Chiapas handcrafts and folk art is a combination of the ancient culture and the artistic sense of some of its ethnic groups such as the Maya, Zoque or Lacandon.
Chiapas display an amazing variety of products and styles and its products have gained international recognition, even in current Mexican fashion, this state has known how to project itself with a unique personality.
Throughout Chiapas, handicrafts can be found in markets and stores.
Handicrafts in Amatenango del Valle
The potters of this town are famous for the delicacy with which they work with white clay and make ornamental pieces and articles for practical use such as pots, pitchers, vessels, vases, vases, pots, earthenware and the famous clay pigeons and jaguars.
The pieces are fired in the traditional way, with firewood in the open air, using the wheel, molds and pastillaje. (raised clay additions that give it an elaborate appearance).
It is common to use natural clay for the finishes, even when decorations with mineral englobes, burnishing and sgraffito are used.
Folk Art in Chiapas
Handicrafts in Chiapa de Corzo
The artisans of this beautiful town have preserved the tradition of painting in oil with the fingers and applying enamel with brushes made with cat hair. With this technique called lacquer or maque some amazing pieces are created like: chests, toys, dishes, trunks, furniture, musical instruments and the masks of the "parachicos". In each of these objects, artisans reflect their artistic sense by painting in detail, flowers, animals, landscapes and figures in intense colors, which result in unique creations.
The talented artisans in this area have managed to create true works of art in wood carving figures like religious figurines, decoration products, utensils for dining, and many others. The most famous piece is the Parachico mask, a piece carved of wood and decorated with lacquer, it has a unique perfection and beauty.
Lacquering is one of Chiapa de Corzo's artisanal crafts and specialties and is characterized for the colors and decoration with crosses, sunflowers, margaritas and roses, among many other colorful items.
Honoring the Chiapas tradition, you can also find garments and fans with impressive embroidery. In these embroidery not only you find flowers but also figures of Chiapas, Parachicos and Jaguars.
Chiapa de Corzo, has many cooperatives of amber artisians, since this stone is a notable natural resource in the state and has become the preferred raw material by expert jewelers combining the amber with other precious metals like gold and silver to create bracelets, necklaces, pendants, rings and earrings. Another stone used for jewelry in the region is the jade.
Many of these products can be acquired around the main square.
Handicrafts in San Cristóbal de las Casas
Thanks to the smoothness of the tejamanil wood, which is easily found in the region, original toys have been manufactured such as: carts, beds, furniture and boxes with their characteristic colored decoration. You can also find unique Rag dolls with typical customs.
One of the crafts most appreciated by visitors is metalwork. Using tin and iron as the main raw material, artisans using the old methods of hammering produce railings, crosses, knockers and other objects with a clear influence from the colonial era.
The most precious gems by the different peoples of Chiapas has been amber, a yellow fossil resin that dates back approximately 40 million years. San Cristóbal jewelers combine amber with precious metals such as gold and silver to create attractive, high-quality bracelets, necklaces, pendants, rings and earrings.
In the Santo Domingo Handicraft Market you can find a wide variety of the most beautiful crafts in the region. I assure you that you will be surprised by the color and the presence of the different ethnic groups of the region. Here you can find garments with beautiful embroidery, serapes, amber and jade carvings, pottery and wrought iron work, among others.
Handicrafts in San Juan Chamula and Tzeltales towns in the region of Ocosingo
The community produces a diversity of handicrafts made with sheep wool (considered a sacred animal) such as blouses, bags, rebozos and huipiles, as well as colorful belts.
Chamula dolls are also made with wool and are the most typical crafts of the region. You also find some animals such as roosters, cats, lions, elephants or monkeys.
You can also find palms hats, musical instruments and leather objects.
Additionally, the abundance in chiapas of plant fibers such as palm or Ixtle, have led to the development of products with these materials such as baskets, baskets, petates, rugs and various ornamental objects.
You can enjoy a unique market on Sundays with an extensive selection of colorful crafts.
Handicrafts in Palenque
This is where the art of stone engraving has reached its best expression.
In Palenque you can find reproductions of steles of the Mayan culture. The technique of these attractive crafts is to draw a figure and then paint it with the pyrographic technique, the results are amazing.
These and other beautiful crafts can be found in Plaza del Artesano with an exhibition of a wide variety of pieces made in Palenque and many other parts of the state of Chiapas.
You also find a good selection of crafts created by the magical hands of the Tzeltal, Choles and Lacandones in the archaeological zone of Palenque. There are embroidered garments, jewelry, wooden pieces, ceramics and pieces with the stone of Chiapas, the amber.
One of the best purchases is the dream catchers with various and attractive designs with feather adornments and stones.
Handicrafts in Tapachula
Like any other place in Chiapas, the handcrafts reflect a great cultural richness.
Here you can find colorful dolls dressed in the typical costumes of the different regions of the state, as well as pieces carved in wood.
Also in the region there are “pumpos” that are made with dry pumpkins and decorated with polychrome flowers and some other zoomorphic figures.
As in other parts of the state, you will also find beautiful pieces of jewelry made with amber and some other organic materials.
Handicrafts in Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Handicrafts in Zinacantán and Tenajapa
Handicrafts in Zinacantán, Magdalenas, Larráinzar, Tenejapa, Chenalhó, Amatenango del Valle, San Bartolomé de los Llanos (Venustiano Carranza), Aguacatenango, Sibaca, Bochil, Ocosingo, Las Margaritas and San Juan Chamula
Textiles are part of the great artisan wealth of this region, the color and joy of its fabrics can be seen in the clothing. Maya heritage is evident in the creations of the different ethnic groups (Tzotziles, Tzeltales and Tojolabals).
The textiles are made on backstrap looms with motifs and colors related with nature, floral, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic motifs. aya people weave their complex universe into beautiful cloth, using colors like red, yellow, blue, green or white.
You can find great textile works essentially made of cotton and wool.
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